Having continued during some years to make laborious 

 researches concerning the population of the new states of 

 Spanish America, of the West Indian Islands, and of the 

 wandering Indian tribes in both Americas, I think I may 

 attempt afresh to trace a sketch of the total population of 



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Having continued during some 

 researches concerning the populati 

 Spanish America, of the West In» 

 wandering Indian tribes in both A 

 attempt afresh to trace a sketch ( 

 the New World for the year 1823. 



I. Continental America, north of the Isthmus of 

 Panama 19,650,000 



English Canada 550,000 



United States 10,220,000 



Mexico and Guatimala 8,400,000 



Veragua and Panama 80,000 



Independent Indians, perhaps . . . 400,000 



II. Insular America .. 2,473,000 



Hayti (Saint Domingo) 636,000 



English West India islands . . . 734,500 



Spanish (exclusive of Margaretta) 800,000 



French , 220,000 



Dutch, Danish, &c 82,500 



III. Continental America, south of the Isthmus of 

 Panama 12,161,000 



Columbia (exclusive of Vera- 

 gua and Panama) 2,705,000 



Peru 1,400,000 



Chili 1,100,000 



Buenos Ayres 2,300,000 



English, Dutch, and French 



Guyana 236,000 



Brazil 4,000,000 



Independent Indians, perhaps 420,000 



Total 34,284,000 



