PEOPLE OF CHINA.
QUARTER OF THE WORLD.
Although no oomprehensive census of China has ever been taken, statistics have been Issued by the Ministry of the Interior putting the population of all China, Including Manchuria, at 466,785,856, or 435,767,266 exclusive of Manchuria (says the Christian Science Monitor). A single province, far western Szecheun, is credited with having nearly 53,000,000 inhabil a t.stn As G ,1 53,000,000 Inhabitants. Four provinces—Kiangsu, Shantung, Honan, and Kwangtung—are supposed to contain more than 30,000,000 each. Shanghai is the largest city, with a counted population of 3,485,998 inhabitants. and Nanking runs fifth with 1.019.148. Peking is second, Tientsin third, and Canton (though not included in these figures for some reason unexplained) is fourth. Szechuen’s density is only 308 inhabitants to the square mile because of its tremendously large area. Kiangsu has a derfsity of 537. Chekiang of 528, Hopei of 573, and Shantung of 483. The average density for all China is not rega:*dod as high, being 149 per square mile without Canchuria, which drops to 105 if Manchuria is included. It is interesting to compare with China’s total population the world total given by Whitaker as 1,997,000,000. Ten years ago the Post, OfTlre estimate, based upon systematic inquiry throughout the country, set the tola! at 489.000,000. Offhand, this would appear to indicate a 20,000,000 drop in the population, but the probabilities are that there has been an increase if anything and that the discrepancy is merely due to the different methods of estimate. In any event .all authorities now seem to‘ agree in putting the total at over 4 50,000.000. as comwith the usual round ITgure of 400.000.000 which is so often quoted, i China thus has one-auarter of the l population of the world, with less ! than one-twentielh ilio total land surface, which gives some notion of why Ch’nese l’vinar standards are low to a degree incredible to the Western mind, j
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 10
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318PEOPLE OF CHINA. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 10
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