Population movements / by Robert R. Kuczynski.

  • Kuczynski, Robert René, 1876-1947.
Date:
1936
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Credit: Population movements / by Robert R. Kuczynski. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    doubt that a hundred years ago the whites in America constituted only a minority of the population while at present they probably comprise nearly two-thirds. For Oceania, the available data, on the whole, are quite satisfactory. It is safe to say that the population now is not less than io and not more than 11 millions. The persons of European descent number more than 8 millions1 as against about 120,000 in 1835.2 The natives are less numerous than a hundred years ago, but it is impossible to say by how much. For Europe the population can be reckoned now at 522 or 542 millions. A hundred years ago it was about 240 millions. In 1770 it was only about 150 millions. The two most outstanding facts of which we have some numerical knowledge, then, are: the peopling of America with whites and blacks, and the popula- tion growth of Europe. ii. The Peopling of America with Blacks The peopling of America with whites and blacks began almost simultaneously. The number of negroes brought over from Spain was small at first, and in 1503 the Governor of Hispaniola (Haiti) even 1 See Appendix, Table V. 2 The total population of Australia (excluding aboriginals) is estimated at 113,354 for 31 December 1835 (see Australian Demo- graphy, Bulletin No. 45, p. 238). The European population on the other islands was very small.