Show 0 POPULATION OF THE WORLD WORL No accurate figures can be given re regarding regarding garding the number of human beIngs existing in the world at the present time In civilized countries census taking Is not an n exact science while In Asia and Africa the result is ob obtained obtained b by guess work Those in the missionary field have made an estimate for their own uses and accordIng to their figures there are in the neighbor neighborhood neighborhood hood of a billion and a half of people on the globe On religious lines Jines the theare they are divided as follows of the number profess Christianity of some form or other Of th remainder are and 10 Hebrews Confucianism claims Hinduism and Buddhism Of course the citizens of the ci civilized countries are counted as Christians so 80 at least It has often oCten been claimed that there were more followers or of Mahomet than of the meek and lowly Nazarene but according to the figures given such is not the case |