THE POPULATION OF THE WOELD. 

 lY.— AFRICA. 



280 





Square miles. 



Population. 



1 

 1- 



Proportions. 



states. 



<5 



i 



1- 





4, 004, 000- 



fi31, 090 



618, f)17 



1, 594, 758 



1, 9C6, 032 



1,520,356 



2, 723 



233, 885 



20, 420, 000-^- 

 38, 800, 000 

 38, 500, 000 

 29, 700, 000 

 16, 000, 000 

 43, 000, 000 

 99, 145 

 6, 000, 000 



5.1 



61.48 

 47.03 

 18. 02 

 8.14 

 28.24 

 36.41 

 25.65 



37.17 



5.86 



7.60 



14.80 



18.25 



14.13 



0.02 



2.17 



10.61 





20.15 





20.00 





15.43 





8.31 





22.33 





0.05 





3.12 







Total . 



10, 773, 440+ 



192, 519, 145 





100. 00 



100. 00 







* Round numbers. 



t From the Senegal to the Lower lIsTiger, including Upper Guinea. 



X The difference between this number and the one given in the general table of the world is due to 

 the fact that this table of the principal divisions of Africa does not include the interior lakes, the desert 

 of Kalahari, &c. 



From the above table we learu that the northern and southern por- 

 tions of Africa, whose territories are proportionally the greatest, have 

 the least population. Middle Soudan, West Soudan, and the equatorial 

 region, which, combined, occupy only half as much surface, have a pop- 

 ulation tjuree and one-third times greater, which is the densest in Middle 

 Soudan. 



(a.) — NORTH AFRICA. 



states. 



Morocco 



Algeria 



Tunis ■ 



Tripoli, with Barca and Fezzan 



Egypt 



Sahara 



Square miles. 



259, 601 

 258, 328 

 45, 719 

 344, 437 

 659, 141 

 2, 436, 621 



Population. 



2, 750, 000 

 2, 921, 140 

 2, 000, 000 

 750, 000 

 8, 000, 000 

 4, 000, 000 



Inhabitants 

 per square 

 mile. 



10.59 

 11.31 

 43.74 



2.18 

 12. 14 



1.64 



The density of the population is about the same in Morocco, xilgeria, 

 and Egypt, while that of Tunis is about four times as great. 



(&.) — WEST SOUDA.N. 



states. 



Square miles. 



Population. 



Inhabitants 

 per square 

 mUe. 



Senegambia, (French)* .. 



L'beria t 



Dahomey 



English possessions J 



Portuguese possessions § 



96, 535 



9,576 

 3, 985 

 17,116 

 35, 880 



209, 162 

 718, 000 

 180, 000 

 577, 313 

 8,500 



2.17 

 74.98 

 45.17 

 33.73 



0. 24 



* Senegal and dependencies. 



t American colony, founded in 1821, in Upper Guinea. 



J Sierra Leone, colony founded in 1787, Gambia, Cote d'Or, Upper Guinea, and Lagos. 



5> In Senegambia and Guinea. 



19 s 



