Show densely DENSELY POPULATED W K pueblo A c collection ol lection of universal al statistics recently issued gives new point to tho the general speculation ot of what the united states will be like when it becomes as densely populated as fl s some of the other countries this table of statistics contains the population density densi tr and vitality of all the civilized nations up to 1905 with other data of general interest notwithstanding the fad fact that the united sta now con cowains alris more than A eighty million people it remains the most thinly populated country having living an official census at the present time there are in the united states only 21 people to the square mile european russia has 61 51 central europe between and SOD th the united kingdom holland as 40 and belgium france prance has only population to the square mile or less than germany Gerni any i the land of the czar with inhabitants in european russia is two and one halt half times as densely v a as the united states while spain Is four and one halt balf times as thickly inhabited in both these countries there ie fr to be found a large territory incapable of supporting a dense population at the present time it seems hardly possible that the united states will ever become as densely populated as the united kingdom but even with a population comparable in density with that of spain we would have over over with that of france and over one billion with that of germany this table of statistics shows show s some interesting comparisons between the density of population and the birth and death rates in france the birth rate is abnormally low while japan has bas an abnormally low death rate otherwise the most populous coun tries have the lowest birth rate shile those sparsely mottled settled countries have the highest rates of both births and deaths I 1 The table also shows that the vitality of the races increases Increase i towards the east for which a still better showing would doubtless be made if reliable official statistics were to be secured in the asiatic countries |