Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1899 — Geographical Comparisons. [ARTICLE]

Geographical Comparisons.

If all the people of Canada and of the United States were placed in the State of Texas, the number of persons to the square mile would be fewer than at present in China. The population of Canada, New York State, Ireland and Belgium are about the same. The island of Cuba and the State of Tennessee are equal In area. The population of Canada is double that of Australia. Brazil is nearly as large as the United States, but the population of the latter is six times that of the former. Colorado is as large as New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together. Kentucky and Portugal are both the same size. California is nearly five times as large as Ireland. Texas is four times as large as the New England States. The population of London is equal to that of Canada. It would take ten States as large as Massachusetts to make a State as large as Kansas. Nebraska Is more than twice the size of Indiana. Michigan and Florida are the same size.