Chapter XVI · STATISTICS OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
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COUNTRIES POPULATION SQ. MILES CAPITALS
China 426,447,000 4,218,401 Peking.
British Empire1 396,968,798 11,146,084 London.
Russian Empire 129,004,514 8,660,395 St. Petersburg.
United States2 76,303,887 3,602,990 Washington.
United States and islands3 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.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Alabama 1,828,697 Montana 243,329
Alaska 63,592 Nebraska 1,066,300
Arizona 122,931 Nevada 42,335
Arkansas 1,311,564 New Hampshire 411,588
California 1,485,053 New Jersey 1,883,699
Colorado 539,700 New Mexico 195,310
Connecticut 908,420 New York 7,268,894
Dakota …. North Carolina 1,893,810
Delaware 184,735 North Dakota 319,146
District of Columbia 278,718 Ohio 4,157,545
Florida 528,542 Oklahoma 398,331
Georgia 2,216,331 Oregon 413,536
Hawaii 154,001 Pennsylvania 6,302,115
Idaho 161,772 Rhode Island 428,556
Illinois 4,821,550 South Carolina 1,340,310
Indiana 2,516,462 South Dakota 401,570
Indian Territory 392,060 Tennessee 2,020,616
Iowa 2,231,853 Texas 3,048,710
Kansas 1,470,495 Utah 276,749
Kentucky 2,147,174 Vermont 343,641
Louisiana 1,381,625 Virginia 1,854,184
Maine 694,466 Washington 518,103
Maryland 1,188,044 West Virginia 958,800
Massachusetts 2,805,346 Wisconsin 2,069,042
Michigan 2,420,982 Wyoming 92,531
Minnesota 1,751,394
Mississippi 1,551,270 Total 76,303,387
Missouri 3,106,665
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.
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.