COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF THE WORLD,

RELATING TO AREA AND POPULATION.

I. THE LARGE DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD.

The following table exhibits the large divisions of the world, in the order of their extent and population. The islands south-east of Asia are classed with Asia. The increase of population is more rapid in America and Australia than in Asia, Europe and Africa.

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II. POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD.

ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR AREA AND POPULATION.

The following table exhibits all the Political Divisions of America and Europe, and the most important countries of the other large divisions of the world. In the first column they are arranged according to their area, in the second according to their population from the latest censnses taken. Any particular country or state in either of the two columns may immediately be found by consulting the alphabetical list following this table:

Square miles.

6. Brazil..

.3,231,047

6. Turkish Empire.

40,000,000

7. France.

38,192,094

35,553,000

9. India

.1,552,028

9. Japan..

35,000,000

10. China (proper).

..1,300,000

10. United States..

34,560,000

11. Argentine Republic.

826,828

11. North German Confederation..

29,910,377

2. ARRANGED IN ORDER OF DENSITY OF POPULATION.

The following table gives the average population on one square mile in every country.

1. District of Columbia..

2. Hamburg..

75.0

3. Bremen..

4. Lubeck.

5. Belgium

61.7

6. Saxony..

7. China (proper)..

8. Reuss, eller line.

9. Netherlands

50.8

10. Hesse-Darmstadt

39.9

11. Saxe-Altenburg.

39.4

12. Reuss, younger line.

13. Lippe-Detmoldt..

14. Baden

32.9

15. Great Britain.

16. Wurtemberg..

30.8

17. Japan.

19. Italy..

20. Brunswick.

18. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

21. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen..

20.9

22. Saxe-Weimar.

23. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

24. Anhalt.

The figures in columns under "Area," "Pop.," and "Density of Pop.," give the rank of each country and state in the preceding tables, thus: Abyssinia, in the first table, in order of Area ranks No. 34, and in order of Population No. 30; in the second table-Density of Pop., No. 73.

The following table gives all the cities of the world which contain 100,000 inhabitants and upwards, their population, and the year of the latest census, respectively. The rank of each among the cities of the country in which it is situated, is indicated by a figure in parenthesis, immediately following the name of the country.