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|- ! colspan="5" | DENSITY OF POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES
AND TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD. |- ! States and Territorial
Divisions ! Census
Year ! Population ! Area,
English
sq. miles ! Population per
square mile |- | | Belgium ||1866 ||4,839,094 ||11,267 ||430 |- | |England and Wales ||1861 ||20,066,224 ||58,320 ||347 |- | |Saxony ||1867 ||2,423,586 ||6,777 ||346 |- | |Netherlands ||1865 ||3,735,682 ||13,464 ||285 |- | |China ||1812 ||367,632,907 ||1,297,999 ||283 |- | |Gt. Britain and Ireland ||1861 ||29,321,288 ||119,924 ||253 |- | |Würtemberg ||1867 ||1,778,479 ||7,675 ||234 |- | |Italy ||1862 ||24,273,776 ||107,961 ||225 |- | |Germany ||1867 ||38,514,046 ||206,511 ||186 |- | |Ireland ||1861 ||5,798,967 ||31,874 ||181 |- | |France ||1866 ||38,067,094 ||207,480 ||177 |- | |Prussia ||1867 ||24,106,847 ||137,066 ||176 |- | |British India ||1865-6 ||155,348,090 ||910,853 ||170 |- | |Bavaria ||1867 ||4,824,421 ||29,347 ||166 |- | |Switzerland ||1860 ||2,510,494 ||15,233 ||165 |- | |Austria ||1869 ||35,943,592 ||227,234 ||158 |- | |Denmark ||1870 ||1,783,565 ||14,553 ||110 |- | |Scotland ||1861 ||3,062,294 ||30,685 ||101 |- | |Portugal ||1865 ||3,987,867 ||36,510 ||99 |- | |Spain ||1860 ||16,301,850 ||182,758 ||90 |- | |Greece ||1861 ||1,332,508 ||19,941 ||66 |- | |Turkey ||Estimate ||35,350,000 ||1,812,048 ||20 |- | |Sweden and Norway ||1865-7 ||5,897,046 ||291,903 ||19 |- | |United States ||1870 ||38,272,112 ||2,819,811 ||14 |- | |Russia ||1858 ||73,920,000 ||7,210,374 ||10 |- | |Mexico ||1857 ||7,995,426 ||1,030,442 ||7 |- | |Persia ||Estimate ||4,400,000 ||648,000 ||6 |- | |Brazil ||Estimate ||11,780,000 ||4,891,394 ||2

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