Note 1 — Chapter I · THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE
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The estimated area and population of the five countries, as given in the Statesman’s Year Book for 1916, are:
Area. Population.
Guatemala 48,290 square miles. 2,003,579. (1915)
El Salvador 7,225 ” ” 1,225,835. (1914)
Nicaragua 49,200 ” ” 703,540. (1914)
Honduras 44,275 ” ” 562,000. (1914)
Costa Rica 23,000 ” ” 420,179. (1915)
171,990 4,915,133