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Show The World's Population. A report from tha United States bureau of Hlaliilica at Washington contains an interesting table of tho populiiiion of tho earth, taken ehiilly frm ii the work on that subject issued last yut, l Gotha, by Dra. Bi'hm aud Wagner, and fo.inded on tlie most recent authorities. By thin statement the aggregato population of tho ourth is giveu at l,301,UJ2,OUO, Asm benm the moat populous section and containing 798,000,000, whilst Europn has 8,500,001), Africa 203,. OtlO.UOO, America tyi.500,000. In Kuropo tho leading nations are credited cred-ited with the following numbers: Russia. 71,000,000; the German empire, em-pire, 41,000,000; Franco, 36,000. 000; Austro-Hungary, 36,000,000; Great lirituin and Ireland, 32,000,000; Italy, nearly 27,000.000; Spain, 16.500.0UO; aud Turkey noarlv 16.000.000. The other countries do not exceed 5,000,-000 5,000,-000 each. In Asia, China, which is by far tho most populous nation ol tho oiirlh, is credited with 425,000,-000; 425,000,-000; lliudoostan with 2-10.000,000; Japan, 30,000,000 ; the East India islands, 33,500,000; Burmah, Si am. and Farther India, nearly 25,000,000; Turkey, 13,500,000, and Kuesia, nearly 11,000,000. Tht Australian population is given at 1,071,500, and the Polynesian island i ut 2,763,600, New Guinea and Now Zealand being included iu tho latter. In Africa the chief divisions aro West Soudau and the Contral African region, with 89,000,000, tho Central Soudan region, 39,000,000; South Africa, 20,250,000; the Galla country and the region east of the While Nile, 15,000,000, Samuuli, 8,000,000; Egypt, 8,500,000, aud Morocco, 6,000,000. In America, two-thirds of the population are north of the Isthmus, Isth-mus, where th Uuilsd Staie lias nearly 39,000,000, Mexico over 9,000,000, and the British provinces pro-vinces 4.000.C00. The total population pop-ulation of North America is given at nearly 52,000, 000, aud of Soutb America, 25.500,000, of which Brazil contains 10,000,000. The West India islands have over 4,000,000 and the Central American states not quite 3,000,000. According to these tables London, with 3,254,260 inhabitants is the mosi populous city in the world, whilst Philadeldhia, wilh 674,022 inhaWi-! Unta (in 1S70) is the eighteenth city in point ot population. I l'hcso eighteen cities, in their order, are the following: London, 3,254.260; Sutchan (China), 2,-000,000; 2,-000,000; Paris, 1,851,792; IVkiu, 1,-300,000; 1,-300,000; iBChantschau-fu, 1.000,000; Hangschau-fu, 1,000,000, Siangtan, 1,000,000; Singnan-fu, 1,000,000; Canton, 1,000,000; New York, 942,-292; 942,-292; Tientsin, 900,000; Vienna, 834,-2S4; 834,-2S4; Berlin, 826,341; Hangkau, SOO,-000; SOO,-000; Tschingtu-fu, 800,000; Calcutta, 794,045; Tokio (Yeddo), 674,447 and Philadelphia, 674,022. Of cities smaller than Philadelphia, the lead-1 ing ones are : St. Petersburg, 667, 963; Bombay, 644,405; Moscow, 611,970; Constantinople, 600,000; Glasgow, 547, 53S; Liverpool, 493,-405, 493,-405, and Rio de Janiero, 420,000. |