AREA AND POPULATION
689
years by the President of the Republic, palities and 3,161 parishes.
There are in Brazil 3,161 munici-
Area and Population.
Following are the census returns of 1890 and of 1900
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Population
states ^n'^'^nL sq. miles.
1890
1900
Per sq. mile 1900
Alagoas ....
22,583
511,440
642,249
28-7
Amazonas
732,439
147,915
249,756
0-3
Bahia
164,643
1,919,802
2,117,956
12-8
Ceara
40,247
805.687
849,127
21 -1
Espirito Santo .
17,312
135,997
209,783
12-1
Goyaz
288,536
227,572
255.284
0-9
Maranhao
177,561
430,854
459,508
2-8
Matto Grosso .
532,683
92,827
118,525
0-2
Minas Geraes .
221,951
3.184,099
3,594,471
16-2
Para
443,903
328,455
445,356
1-0
Parahyba
28,854
457,232
490,734
17-0
Parana
85,451
249,491
327,130
3-8
Pernambuco
49,573
1,030,224
1,178,150
23-7
Piauhy
116,523
267,609
334,328
2-9
Rio de Janeiro
26,634
876,884
926,035
34-7
Rio Grande do Norte
22,195
268,273
274,317
12-3
Rio Grande do Sul
91,333
897,455
1,149,070
12-5
Santa Catharina
28,632
283,769
320,289
11-2
Sao Paulo
112,307
1,384,753
2,282,279
20-3
Sergipe
15,093
310,926
356.264
23-6
Federal District
538
522,651
730,951
1,359-2
Aggregate .
3,218,991
14,333,915
17,318,556
5-4
In 1900 the population consisted of 8,825,636 males and 8,492,920 females.
In 1911 the population was estimated at 23,070,969, and the area 3,290,564 square miles.
The Acre Territory (not included in the census results) has an area of about 74,000 sq. miles, and a population of about 70,000. For this territory Brazil paid to Bolivia 2,000,000/. in 1902 ; the revenue from the territory in 5 years, 1903-07, amounted to 2,118,401Z. In 1909 the Territory petitioned to be received into the Brazilian Union as a State.
The next census was fixed for June 30, 1911, but owing to lack of funds it was postponed. In 1911 the population of Rio de Janeiro was- estimated at 1,128,637 ; in 1906, 811,265; Sao Paulo (1911), 450,000; of Bahia, 290,000; of Pernambuco, 150,000; Belem, 200,000 ; Porto .Megre, 100,000; Manaos, 50,000; Nictheroy, 35,000; Santos, 35,000 ; .Ceara, 33,000; Maceio, 33,000; Parahyba, 32,000: Sao Luiz, 32,000.
The number of immigrants into Brazil from 1820 to 1911 was 2,967,153, In 1911 there were 153,203 immigrants, as follows: Portuguese, 46,754; Spaniards, 27,007; Italians, 22,821; Ru.ssians (mostly Poles), 13,898; Syrians, 6,233; Gei-mans, 4,223; Austriaus, 3,327 ; French, 1,340; Swedes,
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