The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-08

Growth of Russians Population Com
pared with This COuntry'A-
Philadelphia Pre-


The general census of the Russian en-
pire Just completed shows that that coun-
try has a population OF 129,2ll, 10, OF Wholl
4,616, 2S0 are males and 64,oS4o35 are ieHnales;
This is the most complete enumeration or
the inhabitants of Russia ever mace ana
is the first census worthy or the name
taken in that empire since 1851. In the lat
ter year Russia had a population or o.
$50 CAS- so that in forty-siX years its 1nhaoi-
. tants have nearly doubled in number. Euro
pean Russia has "a, 10, l9O, an increase q
nearly AZ 600 900 since 1851 and making it
twice as populous as any other European
country.
to compare the growth of that empire $
population with the advance OF the United
States 1t is impossible to take the same
year for both countries, as the United
States makes an enumeration only IN 9e-
cennial year,, but that is near enough for
practical purposes. In 1850 the total popu-
iation of the United States was %. 191. $40 and
in 1890 1t was 62, 622, $50. This shows an IN
crease in forty years Of ,s3O314. The pres
ent population is estimated at 1,U0,OD
which would make the increase since 1880
about 100000, very nearly 200 per cent
Russia S population in the same time mas
increased from $3.50, 645 to 1921 ,ll3, or
little less than 100 per cent. The United
States, then, has grown twice as fast as
increase which if maintained will in time
place this country ahead of Russia In pop
ulation.
the sexes differs widely in the two coun-
tries. In Russia there are only 2l,447 more
males than females. while in the United
States there are 1,513, $40 more males than
females. 1t is true that a large part OF
the excess of males in this country comes
from immigration, but excluding that ele-
ment the excess of males in the native
born American population is doubtless
much larger than in Russia. Since 1850 the
United States has received about 15WO,OO
We're alive in $780, but many of their de-
scendants are counted among the native
born. To Offset the gain to this country
m
bered that Russia has annexed large ana
populous territories since 1851, and 1t is
prOba BILE that it has gained as much In
this way as the United States has gained
by immigration.
In the number of large cities Russia does
not begin to compare with the United
States The former country has only nine
teen cities with over 100000 population
whereas the latter country has twenty-nine
l. 100000 inhab itants or over two with a
population between 100000 and 100000, four
with population between 100000 and 5O0OO
and twelve with population between iOO,-
900 and 200 600 The United States has four
cities with over LOCO 900 inhabitants, count
ing New York and Brooklyn as still separ-
ate; three with population of 100000 and
less than 100000 nine with population or
100000 and less than 100000 and thirteen with
a population of 10000 and less than 5000
population of $4,000 and less than 100000
and sixty-nine with $4,000 and less than
20 900 as against thirty-tWo of the former
class of cities and about the same number
of the latter class of cities in the United
States
AS Russia has about 100000 more people
than the United States it is evident that
a very much larger percentage of the peo-
pie of the latter country live in cities than
i'm the former country. Russia covers 8,644,-
100 square miles of territory and with l29,-
211113 population has on an average about
fifteen people to the square mile; The
United States. exclusive Of Alaska, has
3O25 600 square miles of territory and with
Il ,O00, 900 population has very nearly twenty
four people to the square mile. OF course
the density of population varies much in
different neighborhoods in Russia. just as
II docs in the United States The most
densely peopled country in Russia is the
kingdom of Poland. where there are 3:6
people to the square mile, while Rhode ISL
and is the most densely peOpled in this
country having 1854 to the square mile.
The progress of the United States and Rus
STA as shown by future censuses will be
watched with much interest.