Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1883 — 'The Worhps Population. [ARTICLE]

'The Worhps Population.

The latest* ' 6nfian' e scientists of "thS th tai populMion of our earth are in round numbers as follows: / ; ? bool -ihAb. Africa 5.M,.. h .St®® 'Europe is the most densely populated of the continental Asia* contains .more than one-half of the inhabitants of the globe. As long as there is evidently room for untold millions of people, there need be no fear df ov6r-bopula» tion. According to their religious creeds, the above 1,443,000,000 may be classified thus: 212,000,000 Catholics, 124,000,000 Protestant#, 84,000,000 Schismatics, 7,000,000 Israelites, 800,000,000 Mohanfmedans, 163,000,000 Brahmins, 423,000,000 Buddhists and 230,000,000 Pagans. The number o| Christians aggregate, therefore, 420,000,000, the worshipers of one God are less than one-half of the inhabitants of the earth, and 828,000,000 are given to idolatry.