Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-05-26
1,48O,OOO,OOO.
THE WORLD CONTAINS ABOUT
THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
One-HaIf the Human Race Lives in
Asia-DensitY of Population in
Various Countries-Moro
Boys Than Girls.
THE population of the world is


these there are in China 36l,-
766, 700; in British India, 2S6, 136, 900;
in Russia, 117,736, 33I. Onc-half, of
the human race lives in Asia, aud nearly
one-fourth in China, which slightly ex-
ceeds the whole of Europe in population.
India contains little over ons-fifth and
Africa about one-ninth Of the race. Less
than one-fourth belong to civilized
Nations. OF these, nearly one-third, or
about one-thirteenth of the total popula-
ton of the world, belong to the English
speaking peoples.
The density of population to the
square mile varies greatly in different
countries, being greatest in Belgium.
The number of persons to the square
mile is, in Europe, 95; Asia, As; Africa,
IA; America, 8; in Australasia, 1.3;
Belgium, 535; England, 4S0; in the
Ireland, 312; Italy, 272; German EN-
pire, 236; Japan, 271; China, 800;
India, 1S7; Switzerland, 1856; France,
1874; Austro- Hungary, 17O; Denmark,
LAG; Portugal, 124 Spain, 80; European
Russia, 40; Sweden, 81; United
States, II; Mexico, Is; Norway, IS;
Canada, 2.
A large part of the world is not
crowded yet.
The entire population of the world
could stand on au area of $50 square
miles, and could be compressed within
the limits of the city of Chicago, which
includes 1904 square miles and has a
population of about $3.50 per square
mile.
In 1890 the most densely populated
city in the United States was New York
with 1857 people to the square mile;
and in the most densely populated ward,
i. e., Ward 20, there were 474 persons
to the acre. The most densely settled
State was Rhode Island with 1854 per-
sons per square mile; next, Massachu-
sets with 27S.5; New Jersey, 1893;
Connecticut. 1904; New York, 1876;
Pennsylvania, 1869; Nevada, "a;
Arizona, 0.5; Wyoming, 0.6; Montana,
0.9; Idaho, /; Now Mexico, LOB;
Utah, 2.5. and Oregon, 3.3 per square
mile. In Europe there are more females
than males-1019 females to 1909 males.
In the United States there are but 952
females to 1000 males. In the older
States the females predominant, the per-
centage in Massachusetts being SLAP;
in Rhode Island, 51.37; Connecticut.
SO. As Montana, 1880; Wyoming, So. 10 /;
Nevada, 6.16, and Washington, 37.73.
In all countries there are born more
boys than girls in the proportion of
about los boys to 100 girls; but the
boys die much faster than the girls in
the earlier wears of life Birth rates vary
in different years. Taking the average
for the twenty years from 1871 to 1899,
the birth rate for England and Wales
was "a per 1000; Scotland, 49, 6; Ire
land, 14.9; Denmark, 31.7; Austria,
$3.50; Switzerland, 29.4; the German
empire, 3S.1; the Netherlands, 35.2;
Italy, 1913; Belgium, 81; France, 24.G
per 1000. In most civilized countries
the birth late is diminishing. For the
United States in the above period the
rate was "a. For 1899 in En- gland aud
Wales it was 1912; Scotland. 30.3; Ire
land, 1913; Denmark, 30.6; Austria,
36.7; Switzerland. 26.6; German en-.
pire, 35.7; Netherlands, 32.9; in Italy,
35.9; Belgium, 2S.7, and France, 21.s.
Death rates are also diminishing, but not
so much as the birth rates, varying from
Is to sc per 1000.
Taken as whole, the population OF
the world has increased during the last
hundred years, but especially the last
| fifty years