Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1917 — Earth's Land and Sea. [ARTICLE]

Earth's Land and Sea.

The area of the earth is estimated to be 196,550,000 square miles, of which 5-5.500,000 square miles is land and 141,050.000 square miles is water. Continentally the"laud is divided in square miles as follows: Europe, 3,750.000; Asia. 17,000:000,; Africa, 11,500,000; North America, 8,000,000; South America, 6,800.000; Oceania, 3,450,000; polar regions, 5,000,000. The British empire extends over the largest area, 13.123,000 square miles; Russia is the second largest empire, 8,400,000 square mjles; France is third, with 4.330,000 square miles; the United Sfates, with its- island possessions, covers 3.750.000 square miles; Brazil, 3.220.000. The present estimated population of of all nationalities and various degrees of civilization *is 1,623,000,000. It has been estimated that the earth can maintain a population of 6.000.000,000, a total which at the present rate-and increase would be reached about A, D. 2100.