CHAPTER XXXI.
THE STATISTICS OF THE WORLD.
| Country. | Population. | Square miles. | Title of Ruler. | Capital. |
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| NORTH AMERICA. | | | | |
| Arctic Region | —— | 600,000 | —— | None. |
| Bermuda | 12,000 | 46 | Governor | Hamilton. |
| Columbia (Brit.) | 54,600 | 230,000 | Governor | N. Westminster. |
| Costa Rica | 150,000 | 16,250 | President | San Jose. |
| Greenland | 10,000 | 380,000 | Inspector | Lichtenfels. |
| Guatemala | 1,180,000 | 44,778 | President | Guatemala. |
| Honduras | 500,000 | 47,092 | President | Comayagua. |
| Honduras (Brit.) | 25,635 | 13,500 | Lt. Gov | Belize. |
| Mexico | 8,743,614 | 773,144 | President | Mexico. |
| Mosquito | 16,000 | 26,000 | King | Blewfields. |
| New Britain | 200,000 | 1,800,000 | —— | York Factory. |
| New Brunswick | 285,777 | 27,720 | Lt. Gov. | Fredericton. |
| Newfoundland | 146,536 | 40,200 | Governor | St. John’s. |
| Nicaragua | 400,000 | 58,169 | President | Managua. |
| Nova Scotia | 387,800 | 19,650 | Lt. Gov. | Halifax. |
| Ontario | 1,620,842 | 180,000 | Lt. Gov. | Toronto. |
| Prince Edward Island | 93,338 | 2,173 | Lt. Gov. | Charlottetown. |
| Quebec | 1,190,505 | 210,000 | Lt. Gov. | Quebec. |
| San Salvador | 750,000 | 7,230 | President | San Salvador. |
| St. Pierre | 2,250 | 120 | Com. | St. Pierre. |
| United States | 40,000,000 | 3,578,392 | President | Washington. |
| SOUTH AMERICA. | | | | |
| Argentine Confederacy | 1,800,000 | 826,828 | President | Buenos Ayres. |
| Bolivia | 1,987,352 | 535,760 | President | Chuqueaca. |
| Brazil | 11,780,000 | 3,231,047 | Emperor | Rio Janeiro. |
| Cayenne | 27,560 | 30,000 | Governor | Cayenne. |
| Chili | 2,084,945 | 139,335 | President | Santiago. |
| Colombia | 2,794,470 | 357,179 | President | S. Fe de Bogota. |
| Demerara, etc. | 148,900 | 76,000 | Governor | Georgetown. |
| Ecuador | 1,040,371 | 218,984 | President | Quito. |
| Falkland Islands | 686 | 7,600 | Governor | Port Louis. |
| Paraguay | 1,337,431 | 126,352 | President | Asuncion. |
| Patagonia | 120,000 | 315,000 | —— | None. |
| Peru | 3,374,000 | 510,107 | President | Lima. |
| Surinam | 64,270 | 38,500 | Governor | Parimaraibo. |
| Uruguay | 387,421 | 66,716 | President | Monte Video. |
| Venezuela | 1,565,000 | 426,712 | President | Caracas. |
| WEST INDIA ISLANDS | | | | |
| Antigua | 36,412 | 183 | Governor | St. John’s. |
| Bahamas | 35,287 | 3,021 | Governor | Nassau. |
| Barbadoes | 152,127 | 166 | Governor | Bridgetown. |
| Burmudas | 11,796 | —— | Governor | Hamilton. |
| Curacoa | 30,000 | 580 | —— | Williamstadt. |
| Cuba | 1,500,000 | 43,383 | Capt. Gen. | Havana. |
| Dominica | 26,882 | 290 | Lt. Gov. | Rosseau. |
| Grenada | 36,672 | 133 | Lt. Gov. | St. George. |
| Guaduloupe, etc. | 134,544 | 534 | —— | Basse Terre. |
| Hayti | 572,000 | 11,718 | President | Port au Prince. |
| Jamaica | 441,255 | 6,400 | Capt. Gen. | Spanish Town. |
| Martinique | 121,145 | 322 | —— | Port Royal. |
| Montserrat | 7,645 | 47 | President | Plymouth. |
| Nevis | 9,822 | 50 | Adminis. | Charlestown. |
| Porto Rico | 620,000 | 3,895 | Capt. Gen. | San Juan. |
| St. Bartholomew’s | 10,000 | 25 | —— | Gustavia. |
| St. Christopher, etc. | 26,940 | 103 | Lt. Gov. | Basse Terre. |
| St. John’s | 3,000 | 72 | —— | |
| St. Lucia | 29,519 | 250 | Adminis. | Castries. |
| St. Martin’s (S.) | 3,500 | 11 | | |
| St. Thomas | 13,463 | 37 | | |
| St. Vincent | 31,755 | 131 | Lt. Gov. | Kingston. |
| San Domingo | 136,500 | 18,000 | President | San Domingo. |
| Santa Cruz etc. | 35,000 | 81 | —— | Christianstadt. |
| Tobago | 15,410 | 97 | Lt. Gov. | Scarboro. |
| Trinidad | 84,438 | 1,754 | Governor | Port Espana. |
| Turk’s Island | 4,372 | 450 | President | Grand Turk. |
| Virgin Islands | 6,051 | 57 | President | Road Town. |
| EUROPE. | | | | |
| Andorra | 12,000 | 149 | Rep. | Andorra. |
| Austria | 35,677,455 | 240,381 | Emperor | Vienna. |
| Belgium | 4,984,451 | 11,373 | King | Brussels. |
| Denmark | 1,608,362 | 14,734 | King | Copenhagen. |
| Faroe and Iceland | 75,909 | 40,258 | | |
| France | 38,192,064 | 209,428 | President | Paris. |
| Germany | | | | |
| Northern Confederation | | | | |
| Anhalt | 197,041 | 1,026 | Duke | Dessau. |
| Bremen | 109,572 | 74 | Burgom | Bremen. |
| Brunswick | 302,792 | 1,425 | Duke | Brunswick. |
| Hamburg | 305,196 | 156 | Burgom | Hamburg. |
| Hesse Darmstadt (N.) | 257,479 | 1,280 | G. Duke | Darmstadt. |
| Lippe Detmold | 111,352 | 438 | Prince | Detmold. |
| Lippe Schaumburg | 31,186 | 171 | Prince | Buckburg. |
| Lubeck | 48,538 | 107 | Burgom | Lubeck. |
| Mecklenburg Schwerin | 560,618 | 5,190 | G. Duke | Schwerin. |
| Mecklenburg Strelitz | 98,770 | 1,052 | G. Duke | New Strelitz. |
| Oldenburg | 315,622 | 2,469 | G. Duke | Oldenburg. |
| Prussia | 24,039,668 | 136,806 | King | Berlin. |
| Reuse Greiz | 43,889 | 145 | Prince | Greiz. |
| Reuss Schleiz | 88,097 | 320 | Prince | Schleiz. |
| Saxe Altenburg | 141,426 | 510 | Duke | Altenburg. |
| Saxe Coburg Gotha | 168,851 | 760 | Duke | Coburg. |
| Saxe Meiningen | 180,335 | 956 | Duke | Meiningen. |
| Saxe Weimar | 282,928 | 1,404 | G. Duke | Weimar. |
| Saxony | 2,423,401 | 5,779 | King | Dresden. |
| Schwarzb. Rudolstadt | 75,116 | 374 | Prince | Rudolstadt. |
| Swarzb. Sondershausen | 67,533 | 332 | Prince | Sonderhausen. |
| Waldeck | 56,807 | 433 | Prince | Corbach. |
| Southern Confederation | | | | |
| Baden | 1,434,970 | 5,912 | G. Duke | Carlsruhe. |
| Bavaria | 4,824,421 | 29,373 | King | Munich. |
| Hesse Darmstadt (S.) | 565,659 | 1,690 | G. Duke | Darmstadt. |
| Lichtenstein | 8,320 | 62 | Prince | Lichtenstein. |
| Wurtemberg | 1,778,396 | 7,532 | King | Stuttgardt. |
| Great Britain | 31,817,108 | 120,769 | Queen | London. |
| Gibraltar | 24,175 | 2 | Governor | Gibraltar. |
| Heligoland | 2,300 | | Governor | Heligoland. |
| Malta | 143,003 | 115 | Governor | Malta. |
| Greece | 1,096,810 | 18,347 | King | Athens. |
| Ionian Islands | 251,712 | 1,006 | | |
| Italy | 25,766,217 | 114,389 | King | Rome. |
| Monaco | 1,887 | 15 | Prince | |
| Netherlands | 3,652,070 | 12,685 | King | Hague. |
| Luxemburg | 199,958 | 991 | | |
| Portugal | 3,829,618 | 36,494 | King | Lisbon. |
| Azores and Madeira | 363,658 | 1,483 | | |
| Russia | 78,400,000 | 7,862,568 | Czar | St. Petersburgh. |
| San Marino | 5,770 | 22 | Repub | San Marino. |
| Spain | 16,302,625 | 195,607 | Repub | Madrid. |
| Sweden | 4,158,757 | 128,776 | King | Stockholm. |
| Norway | 1,712,628 | 120,295 | | |
| Switzerland | 2,510,494 | 15,722 | President | Berne. |
| Turkey | 10,510,000 | 131,295 | Sultan | Constantinople. |
| Montenegro | 196,238 | 1,709 | Prince | Cettinge. |
| Roumania | 3,864,848 | 46,710 | Prince | Bucharest. |
| Servia | 1,078,281 | 21,218 | Prince | Belgrade. |
| ASIA. | | | | |
| Anam (C. China) | 9,000,000 | 198,043 | Emperor | Hue. |
| Arabia | 4,000,000 | 1,026,040 | | Muscat. |
| Borneo | 25,000,000 | 300,000 | | |
| British India | 192,012,137 | 1,545,336 | Gov. Gen. | Calcutta. |
| Burmah | 4,000,000 | 190,517 | Comm. | Ava. |
| Ceylon | 2,081,395 | 24,454 | Governor | Colombo. |
| China | 477,500,000 | 4,695,334 | Emperor | Pekin. |
| Japan | 35,000,000 | 149,399 | Mikado | Yeddo. |
| Java | 14,168,416 | 51,336 | Gov. Gen. | Batavia. |
| Persia | 11,000,000 | 562,344 | Schah | Teheran. |
| Siam | 6,298,990 | 309,024 | King | Bangkok. |
| Tartary | 7,870,000 | 640,516 | | Bokhara. |
| Turkey in Asia | 16,463,000 | 660,870 | | |
| AFRICA. | | | | |
| Abyssinia | 3,000,000 | 148,392 | Emperor | Gondar. |
| Algeria | 2,921,846 | 259,313 | Gov. Gen. | Algiers. |
| Cape of Good Hope | 566,158 | 200,610 | Governor | Cape Town. |
| Egypt | 7,465,000 | 659,081 | Viceroy | Cairo. |
| Gambia | 6,939 | 21 | Adminis. | Bathurst. |
| Gold Coast | 262,000 | 6,000 | Adminis. | Cape C’st Castle. |
| Lagos | 110,000 | | | Lagos. |
| Liberia | 717,500 | 9,567 | President | Monrovia. |
| Madagascar | 5,000,000 | 232,315 | Queen | Antinarivo. |
| Morocco | 2,750,000 | 672,300 | Sultan | Fez. |
| Natal | 193,103 | 16,150 | Lt. Gov. | Port Natal. |
| Sierra Leone | 41,497 | 468 | Governor | Freetown. |
| St. Helena | 6,444 | 47 | Governor | James Town. |
| Tripoli | 750,000 | 61,760 | Bey | Tripoli. |
| Tunis | 2,000,000 | 50,000 | Bey | Tunis. |
| Zanzibar | 380,000 | 1,600 | Sultan | Zanzibar. |
| AUSTRALIA. | | | | |
| New South Wales | 447,620 | 323,437 | Governor | Sydney. |
| Queensland | 109,897 | 678,600 | Capt. Gen. | Port Denison. |
| South Australia | 176,298 | 383,328 | Governor | Adelaide. |
| Tasmania | 98,455 | 26,215 | Governor | Hobart Town. |
| Victoria | 703,817 | 86,831 | Capt. Gen. | Melbourne. |
| Western Australia | 21,065 | 978,000 | Governor | |
| POLYNESIA. | | | | |
| Feejee Islands | 200,000 | 8,033 | King | |
| New Guinea | 1,000,000 | 275,518 | | |
| New Zealand | 220,092 | 106,261 | Governor | Auckland. |
| Philippine Islands | 2,250,000 | 56,000 | | Manilla. |
| Sandwich Islands | 62,959 | 7,633 | King | Honolulu. |
| Society Islands | 15,000 | 700 | Queen | Tahiti. |
STATISTICS OF THE RACE.
The earth is inhabited by about 1,380,000,000 of inhabitants, namely:
- 380,000,000 of the Caucasian race,
- 580,000,000 of the Mongolian,
- 200,000,000 of the Ethiopian,
- 220,000,000 of the Malay races, and
- 1,000,000 of the American Indian.
All these respectively speak 3064 languages, and possess 1,000 different religions.
The amount of deaths per annum is 33,333,333, or 91,954 per day, 3730 per hour, 60 per minute, or one per second. This loss is compensated by an equal number of births.
The average duration of life throughout the globe is thirty-three years. One-fourth of its population dies before the seventh year, and one-half before the seventeenth. Out of 10,000 persons only one reaches his hundredth year; only one in 500 his eightieth; and only one in 100 his sixty-fifth.
Married people live longer than unmarried ones, and a tall man is likely to live longer than a short one. Until the fiftieth year women have a better chance of life than men; but beyond that period the chances are equal.