Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1878 — Population of Some Big Cities. [ARTICLE]

Population of Some Big Cities.

The population of the great cities of the world is a matter of perennial interest. Unofficial statements vary somewhat, but those of the last annual report of the New York Bureau of Vital Statistics are derived from official sources, and are, no doubt, authentic. According to the latest official estimates in each city, or -the latest census, where these are not attainable, they range as follows: London, of course, heads the list with its 3,533,484; Paris comes next with 1,851,792, by the census of 1872; then Peking, with 1,500,000, and Canton, with 1,300,000; next comes New’ York, with 1,069,362, and closes the list of those having more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. Of those having less than 1,000,000 and more than 500,000, Berlin comes first with 994,343: then Philadelphia, with 850,856; next Tokio, Japan, the Yeddo of the old geographies, with 800,000; Vienna,690,548; St. Petersburg, 669,741; Bombay, 644,405; Kioto, Japan, 560,000; G1a5g0w’,555,933; Ozaka, Japan, 530,000; Brooklyn, 527,830; Liverpool, 527,083; St. Louis claims 500,000, and, if allowed her own estimate, heads the list of those ranging downward from 500,000 to 250,000. Then follow’ Naples, with 457,407; Chicago, with 440,000; Calcutta, 429,535; Nanking, 400,000; Madras, 397,552; Hamburg, 393,588; Birmingham, 377,346; Manchester, 359,213; Baltimore, 355,000; Boston, 354,765; Shanghai, 320,000; Dublin, 314,666; Buda-Pesth, 314,401; Amsterdam, 302,266; San Francisco, 300,000, Leeds, 298,189; Rome, 282,214; Sheffield, 282,130; Cincinnati, 280,000; Breslau, 259,345; Melbourne, 250,678; Havana, 250,000. Thus it will be seen that there are 29 cities, each having 250,000 inhabitants, or more, supposing none to have been omitted, and an aggregate of about 24,000,000.