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THE POPULATION OF THE WOELD. 

 (^.) — SOUTH AMERICA. 



States. 



Brazil 



French Guiana 



Dutch Guiana 



British Guiana 



Venezuela - 



United States of Colombia 



Ecuador 



Gallapagos Islands 



Peru 



Bolivia 



Chili 



Argentine Confederation 



Patagonia and Terra del Fuega 



Paraguay 



Uruguay 



Falkland Islands 



Aurora Island and Georgia 



Square miles. 



, 253, 230 



35, 081 



59, 802 



99, 933 



368, 262 



357, 180 



218,941 



2, 954 



510, 477 



535, 962 



132, 624 



871, 904 



376, 487 



63, 790 



66, 725 



4,741 



1,786 



Population. 



10, 000, 000 



25, 151 



59, 885 



152, 932 



1, 500, 000 



3, 000, 000 



1, 300, 000 



2, 500, 000 



2, 000, 000 



2, 000, 000 



1, 812, 000 



24, 000 



1,000,000' 



300, 000 



680 



■2 s. 



3.07 

 0.71 

 1.00 

 1.53 



4.08 

 8.40 

 5.94 



4.90 

 3.73 

 15.08 

 2.08 



15.67 

 4.50 



Proportions. 



46.74 

 0.50 

 0.86 

 1.43 

 5.29 

 5.13 

 3.15 

 0.04 

 7.33 

 7.70 

 1.91 



12. 53 

 5.41 

 0.92 

 0. 96 

 0.07 

 0.03 



PM 



38.95 

 0.10 

 0.23 

 0.60 

 5.84 



11.69 

 5.06 



9.74 

 7.79 

 7.79 

 7.06 

 0.09 

 3.89 

 1.17 



In examining the above tables one will at once be astonished at the 

 disproportion between the population of North and South America. 

 While their areas are in the proportion of 10 to 8, their populations are 

 in the proportion of but 10 to 4.9. 



The population of the United States forms nearly three-fourths of the 

 North American and nearly one-half of the entire American population. 

 Though its area is about the same as that of the British possessions, it 

 has nearly ten times the population. 



While the area of Mexico and that of Greenland are the same, their 

 populations differ in the proportion of 917 to 1. 



Among the small republics in Central America, Guatemala has the 

 largest population ; but, in regard to density, San Salvador excels. 

 They all combined have a miich denser pojiulation than the United 

 States and Mexico. 



In the West Indies the Spanish possessions occupy the first place, 

 not in regard to extent, but to population. But, with an area of about 

 one-fourth that of the former, the English possessions have a popula- 

 tion of more than half their number ; that is to say, twice the density. 

 The density of population in the French possessions is still greater, 

 attaining the number of 116 per square kilometer, or 300 per square 

 mile. 



Brazil occupies the first place in South America. Its territory ex- 

 tends over nearly as much ground as that of the United States or of the 

 British possessions in North America, but its population, though a little 

 denser than that of the latter, is much less than that of the former 

 country. 



The greatest density is found in Paraguay and in Chili, approaching 

 that of the kingdom of Sweden and Norway in Europe. 



