Chapter XVI: Statistics of the Countries of the World

COUNTRIES POPULATION SQ. MILES CAPITALS

China 426,447,000 4,218,401 Peking.
British Empire[1] 396,968,798 11,146,084 London.
Russian Empire 129,004,514 8,660,395 St. Petersburg.
United States[2] 76,303,887 3,602,990 Washington.
United States and islands[3] 89,000,000 3,756,884 Washington.
France and colonies 65,166,967 3,250,000 Paris.
German Empire, in Europe 58,549,000 208,830 Berlin.
Austro-Hungarian Empire 46,973,359 264,595 Vienna.
Japan 44,260,604 147,669 Tokio.
Netherlands and Colonies 33,042,238 778,187 The Hague.
Turkish Empire 33,559,787 1,652,533 Constantinople.
Italy 32,449,754 110,665 Rome.
Spain 17,550,216 196,173 Madrid.
Brazil 18,000,000 3,218,130 Rio Janeiro.
Mexico 13,546,500 767,316 City of Mexico.
Korea 10,519,000 85,000 Seoul.
Congo State 8,000,000 802,000 ....
Persia 7,653,600 636,000 Teheran.
Portugal and colonies 11,073,681 951,785 Lisbon.
Sweden and Norway 7,376,321 297,321 ....
Belgium 6,069,321 11,373 Brussels.
Argentine Republic 4,800,000 1,095,013 Buenos Ayres.
Chile 3,110,085 256,860 Santiago.
Peru 3,000,000 405,040 Lima.
Switzerland 3,312,551 15,981 Berne.
Greece 2,433,806 24,977 Athens.
Denmark 2,417,441 14,780 Copenhagen.
Venezuela 2,444,816 566,159 Caracas.
Liberia 2,060,000 35,000 Monrovia.
Cuba 1,600,000 44,000 Havana.
Guatemala 1,574,340 46,774 N. Guatemala.
Hayti 1,211,625 9,830 Port au Prince.
Paraguay 600,000 145,000 Asuncion.
Panama 285,000 31,571 Panama.

[1] These estimates of the population and area include the
recently acquired great possessions in Africa.

[2] Census of 1900.

[3] Estimated for January 1st, 1904.

POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

Alabama 1,828,697
Alaska 63,592
Arizona 122,931
Arkansas 1,311,564
California 1,485,053
Colorado 539,700
Connecticut 908,420
Dakota ....
Delaware 184,735
District of Columbia 278,718
Florida 528,542
Georgia 2,216,331
Hawaii 154,001
Idaho 161,772
Illinois 4,821,550
Indiana 2,516,462
Indian Territory 392,060
Iowa 2,231,853
Kansas 1,470,495
Kentucky 2,147,174
Louisiana 1,381,625
Maine 694,466
Maryland 1,188,044
Massachusetts 2,805,346
Michigan 2,420,982
Minnesota 1,751,394
Mississippi 1,551,270
Missouri 3,106,665
Montana 243,329
Nebraska 1,066,300
Nevada 42,335
New Hampshire 411,588
New Jersey 1,883,699
New Mexico 195,310
New York 7,268,894
North Carolina 1,893,810
North Dakota 319,146
Ohio 4,157,545
Oklahoma 398,331
Oregon 413,536
Pennsylvania 6,302,115
Rhode Island 428,556
South Carolina 1,340,310
South Dakota 401,570
Tennessee 2,020,616
Texas 3,048,710
Utah 276,749
Vermont 343,641
Virginia 1,854,184
Washington 518,103
West Virginia 958,800
Wisconsin 2,069,042
Wyoming 92,531
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Total 76,303,387

Population Continental United States (including Alaska), 76,149,386 (1900); Philippines, 8,000,000; Porto Rico, 953,233; Hawaii, 154,001; Guam, 8,661; American Samoa, 5,800; Total population, 85,271,093. Population, 1904, estimating Continental United States, about 90,000,000.