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COMPARATIVE TABLES.
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| DENSITY OF POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES AND TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| States and Territorial Divisions |
Census Year |
Population | Area, English sq. miles |
Population per square mile |
| Belgium | 1866 | 4,839,094 | 11,267 | 430 |
| England and Wales | 1861 | 20,066,224 | 58,320 | 347 |
| Saxony | 1867 | 2,423,586 | 6,777 | 346 |
| Netherlands | 1865 | 3,735,682 | 13,464 | 285 |
| China | 1812 | 367,632,907 | 1,297,999 | 283 |
| Gt. Britain and Ireland | 1861 | 29,321,288 | 119,924 | 253 |
| Würtemberg | 1867 | 1,778,479 | 7,675 | 234 |
| Italy | 1862 | 24,273,776 | 107,961 | 225 |
| Germany | 1867 | 38,514,046 | 206,511 | 186 |
| Ireland | 1861 | 5,798,967 | 31,874 | 181 |
| France | 1866 | 38,067,094 | 207,480 | 177 |
| Prussia | 1867 | 24,106,847 | 137,066 | 176 |
| British India | 1865-6 | 155,348,090 | 910,853 | 170 |
| Bavaria | 1867 | 4,824,421 | 29,347 | 166 |
| Switzerland | 1860 | 2,510,494 | 15,233 | 165 |
| Austria | 1869 | 35,943,592 | 227,234 | 158 |
| Denmark | 1870 | 1,783,565 | 14,553 | 110 |
| Scotland | 1861 | 3,062,294 | 30,685 | 101 |
| Portugal | 1865 | 3,987,867 | 36,510 | 99 |
| Spain | 1860 | 16,301,850 | 182,758 | 90 |
| Greece | 1861 | 1,332,508 | 19,941 | 66 |
| Turkey | Estimate | 35,350,000 | 1,812,048 | 20 |
| Sweden and Norway | 1865-7 | 5,897,046 | 291,903 | 19 |
| United States | 1870 | 38,272,112 | 2,819,811 | 14 |
| Russia | 1858 | 73,920,000 | 7,210,374 | 10 |
| Mexico | 1857 | 7,995,426 | 1,030,442 | 7 |
| Persia | Estimate | 4,400,000 | 648,000 | 6 |
| Brazil | Estimate | 11,780,000 | 4,891,394 | 2 |