Area And Population Of The Earth
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This section is from the book "Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: A Guide To Correct Writing", by Thos. E. Hill. Also available from Amazon: Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: The How-To-Do-Everything Book Of Victorian America.
Area And Population Of The Earth
Divisions. | Area in Sq. Miles. | Pop. to Sq. Mile. | |
America........... | 15,258,686.... | 100,415,400... | 6.6 |
Europe........... | 3,700,000.... | 327,743,400... | 88.6 |
Asia............. | 16,770,000.... | 795,591,000... | 47.4 |
Africa............ | 12,000,000.... | 205,823,200... | 17.1 |
Australasia....... | 3,156,841..... | 2,862,103.... | ................... |
Other Countries.... | .................. | 1,452,397... | ................... |
50,885,527.. | 1,433,887,500.. | 28.1 |
All these collectively are estimated to speak more than 3,000 languages.
The amount of deaths per annum is 33,333,333, or 91,954 per day, 3,730 per hour, 60 per minute, or 1 per second. It is estimated that the population of the earth, at the present time, is being increased at the rate of about 16,500,000 annually.
The average duration of life throughout the globe is 33 years. One-fourth of its population dies before the seventh year, and the half before the seventeenth. Out of 10,000 persons only one reaches his hundredth year, only one in 500 his eightieth; and only one in 100 his sixtieth.
Another estimate of the earth's population is as follows:
Races. | |
Whites................ | 600,000,000 |
Mongolians............. | 600,000,000 |
Blacks................. | 250,000,000 |
Copper Colored......... | 12,000,000 |
Religions | |
Pagans..................... | 810,600,000 |
Christians................... | 388,000,000 |
Mohammedans............... | 201,000.000 |
Jews....................... | 7,000,000 |
All Infldels (Est.)... | 93,387,500 |
The Christians are divided as follows:
Church of Rome. | Protestants. | East and Greek Church. |
201,000,000. | 106,000.000. | 81,000,000. |
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