Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1896 — Population of Japai [ARTICLE]

Population of Japai

.Tapan. according to an estimate by United States Consul-General Mclvor. has a population of -15.000.000, allowing 5 0(>( ,000 for the newly acquired territory of Formosa. Japan has records Of her population going back to the year 010, when the number was 4.988.*42. This report also calls attention to the fact that in point of area Japan, since the Formosa acquisition, takes rank next below Spain, and stands about even with Sweden