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SIZE AND POPULATION
| SUMMARY. | ||
| Length of the earth's axis (miles) | 7,900 | |
| Length of the equator" | 24,900 | |
| Earth's Surface | (sq. miles) | 196,900,000 |
| Pacific Ocean | "" | 71,000,000 |
| Atlantic Ocean | "" | 34,000,000 |
| Indian Ocean | "" | 28,000,000 |
| Antarctic Ocean | "" | 7,500,000 |
| Arctic Ocean | "" | 4,000,000 |
| The Sea | "" | 144,500,000 |
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| Area in Sq. Miles. | Population. | |
| Asia | 17,056,000 | 909,199,000 |
| Africa | 11,612,000 | 142,774,000 |
| North America | 9,431,000 | 122,713,000 |
| South America | 6,856,000 | 38,625,000 |
| Europe | 3,842,000 | 402,125,000 |
| Australia, etc. | 3,710,000 | 6,617,000 |
| The Land | 52,407,000 | 1,622,053,000 |
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| ASIA. | ||
| Russia in Asia | 6,656,000 | 20,950,000 |
| Chinese Empire | 4301,000 | 426,131,000 |
| Japanese Empire | 177,000 | 50,006,000 |
| Korea | 84,000 | 9,670,000 |
| British India, etc. | 1,918,000 | 299,422,000 |
| Other British Possessions | 20,000 | 1,012,000 |
| Nepal, Bhutan | 73,000 | 3,200,000 |
| Portuguese India, etc. | 1,000 | 651,000 |
| Siam | 245,000 | 6,320,000 |
| Fr. Indo-China, etc. | 256,000 | 15,922,000 |
| Afghanistan | 241,000 | 4,550,000 |
| Persia | 635,000 | 9,000,000 |
| Turkey in Asia | 706,000 | 17,178,000 |
| Arabia | 955,000 | 1,950,000 |
| East Indies | 788,000 | 43,237,000 |
| Total | 17,066,000 | 909,199,000 |
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| AFRICA. | ||||
| Morocco | Including parts of the Sahara |
176,000 | 7,000,000 | |
| Algeria | 344,000 | 4,802,000 | ||
| Tunis | 65,000 | 1,800,000 | ||
| Tripoli | 406,000 | 1,000,000 | ||
| Egypt | 248,000 | 11,287,000 | ||
| Sahara, remaining part | 2,461,000 | 791,000 | ||
| Abyssinia | 312,000 | 8,330,000 | ||
| Eritrea | 42,000 | 331,000 | ||
| British E. Africa | 433,000 | 4,908,000 | ||
| Somaliland, etc. | 214,000 | 603,000 | ||
| Sudan | 2,972,000 | 57,675,000 | ||
| Belgian Kongo | 927,000 | 19,000,000 | ||
| Angola | 491,000 | 3,840,000 | ||
| Mozambique | 296,000 | 2,300,000 | ||
| Ger. E. Africa | 374,000 | 6,855,000 | ||
| Ger. S. W. Africa | 318,000 | 210,000 | ||
| The Transvaal | 114,000 | 1,345,000 | ||
| Orange Free State | 48,000 | 387,000 | ||
| C. of Good Hope | 277,000 | 2,410,000 | ||
| Rhodesia | 408,000 | 1,350,000 | ||
| Other Br. S. Afr. | 348,000 | 2,503,000 | ||
| African Islands | 238,000 | 4,047,000 | ||
| Total | 11,512,000 | 142,774,000 | ||
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| NORTH AMERICA. | ||
| Area in Sq. Miles. | Population. | |
| Greenl'd and Icel'd | 877,000 | 91,000 |
| British America | 3,809,000 | 5,600,000 |
| United States | 3,089,000 | 91,972,000 |
| Alaska | 591,000 | 65,000 |
| Mexico | 767,000 | 13,606,000 |
| Central America | 206,000 | 4,422,000 |
| West Indies | 92,000 | 6,957,000 |
| Total | 9,431,000 | 122,7l3,000 |
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| SOUTH AMERICA. | ||
| Colombia | 466,000 | 3,917,000 |
| Venezuela | 364,000 | 2,445,000 |
| Guiana, Brit. | 95,000 | 296,000 |
| Guiana, Dutch | 50,000 | 87,000 |
| Guiana, French | 30,000 | 33,000 |
| Brazil | 3,301,000 | 14,334,000 |
| Ecuador (incl. Galapagos Islands) | 119,000 | 1,272,000 |
| Peru | 439,000 | 4,586,000 |
| Bolivia | 442,000 | 1,766,000 |
| Chile | 293,000 | 3,255,000 |
| Argentina | 1,083,000 | 4,957,000 |
| Paraguay | 98,000 | 636,000 |
| Uruguay | 69,000 | 1,039,000 |
| Islands | 7,000 | 2,000 |
| Total | 6,856,000 | 38,625,000 |
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| EUROPE. | ||
| British Possessions | 121,000 | 41,824,000 |
| France | 207,000 | 39,273,000 |
| Spain | 192,000 | 18,235,000 |
| Portugal | 36,000 | 5,424,000 |
| Belgium | 11,000 | 6,694,000 |
| Netherlands | 13,000 | 5,853,000 |
| Denmark | 15,000 | 2,605,000 |
| German Empire | 211,000 | 60,888,000 |
| Switzerland | 16,000 | 3,325,000 |
| Austria-Hungary | 261,000 | 47,153,000 |
| Italy | 111,000 | 32,487,000 |
| Sweden | 173,000 | 5,136,000 |
| Norway | 124,000 | 2,240,000 |
| Russia in Europe | 2,113,000 | 109,726,000 |
| Turkey in Europe | 65,000 | 5,897,000 |
| Bulgaria | 37,000 | 3,744,000 |
| Crete | 3,000 | 310,000 |
| Roumania | 51,000 | 5,957,000 |
| Servia | 19,000 | 2,494,000 |
| Montenegro | 4,000 | 228,000 |
| Greece and islands | 25,000 | 2,632,000 |
| Spitzbergen, etc. | 34,000 | |
| Total | 3,842,000 | 402,125,000 |
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| AUSTRALIA, Etc. | ||
| Australia Com. | 2,973,000 | 3,983,000 |
| New Zealand | 105,000 | 937,000 |
| New Guinea Gr. | 311,000 | 700,000 |
| Hawaiian Islands | 6,000 | 192,000 |
| Other islands | 61,000 | 805,000 |
| South Polar Region | 254,000 | |
| Total | 3,710,000 | 6,617,000 |
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| UNITED STATES. Population according to the Federal Census of 1910. | ||
| Sq. Miles. | Population. | |
| Alabama | 51,998 | 2,138,093 |
| Arizona | 113,956 | 204,354 |
| Arkansas | 53,335 | 1,574,449 |
| California | 158,297 | 2,377,649 |
| Colorado | 103,948 | 799,024 |
| Connecticut | 4,965 | 1,114,756 |
| Delaware | 2,370 | 202,322 |
| District of Columibia | 70 | 331,069 |
| Florida | 58,666 | 752,619 |
| Georgia | 59,265 | 2,609,121 |
| Idaho | 84,313 | 325,594 |
| Illinois | 56,665 | 5,638,591 |
| Indiana | 36,354 | 2,700,876 |
| Iowa | 56,147 | 2,224,771 |
| Kansas | 82,158 | 1,690,949 |
| Kentucky | 40,598 | 2,289,905 |
| Louisiana | 48,506 | 1,656,388 |
| Maine | 33,040 | 742,371 |
| Maryland | 12,327 | 1,295,346 |
| Massachusetts | 8,266 | 3,366,416 |
| Michigan | 57,980 | 2,810,173 |
| Minnesota | 84,682 | 2,075,708 |
| Mississippi | 46,865 | 1,797,114 |
| Missouri | 69,420 | 3,293,335 |
| Montana | 146,572 | 376,063 |
| Nebraska | 77,520 | 1,192,214 |
| Nevada | 110,690 | 81,875 |
| New Hampshire | 9,341 | 430,572 |
| New Jersey | 8,224 | 2,537,167 |
| New Mexico | 122,634 | 327,301 |
| New York | 49,204 | 9,113,614 |
| North Carolina | 52,426 | 2,206,287 |
| North Dakota | 70,887 | 577,056 |
| Ohio | 41,040 | 4,767,121 |
| Oklahoma | 70,057 | 1,657,165 |
| Oregon | 96,699 | 672,765 |
| Pennsylvania | 45,126 | 7,665,111 |
| Rhode Island | 1,248 | 542,610 |
| South Carolina | 30,989 | 1,515,400 |
| South Dakota | 77,615 | 583,888 |
| Tennessee | 42,022 | 2,184,789 |
| Texas | 265,896 | 3,896,542 |
| Utah | 84,990 | 373,351 |
| Vermont | 9,564 | 355,956 |
| Virginia | 42,627 | 2,061,612 |
| Washington | 69,127 | 1,141,990 |
| West Virginia | 24,170 | 1,221,119 |
| Wisconsin | 56,066 | 2,333,860 |
| Wyoming | 97,914 | 145,965 |
| Part Great Lakes | 61,730 | |
| Total Main Body | 3,088,519 | 91,972,266 |
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| Outlying Territory, Etc. | ||
| Ter. of Alaska | 590,884 | 64,356 |
| Ter. of Hawaii | 6,449 | 191,909 |
| Porto Rico | 3,435 | 1,118,012 |
| Philippine Is. ('03) | 115,026 | 7,635,426 |
| Tutuila, etc. | 77 | (?) 62,423 |
| Guam | 210 | |
| Canal Zone | 474 | |
| Persons in the military and naval service of the U. S. stationed abroad |
55,608 | |
| Total Outlying | 716,555 | 9,127,734 |
| Grand Total | 3,805,074 | 101,100,000 |
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