Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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POPULATION ESTIMATES
Of which colonies:
Number
of coun-
tries
Popula-
tion
million—
approx.)
Of which
dependencies
number
population
(
mill
.)
(α)
Western
Europe
15
220
(10-15)
2
0.2
America
23
145
(none?)
7
13.5 (?)
Σ
38
365
(10-15)
9
14 (?)
(β)
Eastern
Europe and
its
part of
Asia
12
215
(90-100?)
5
25 (?)
(γ)
Rest of
Asia, Africa
and Aus-
tralia
64 (?)
870
semi-de-
pendencies
about 300?
60
480 (?)
Σ
114 (?)
1,450
100-115
74
519
Transcriber Note
: The following tables are arranged in this fashion in the Collected Works:
Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 1:
Sq. km.
(mill.)
Popu-
lation
(mill.)
Japan
0.4
46.5
China
3.9
319.5
+7.3
10.6
Afghanistan
0.6
4.5
Persia
1.6
9.0
(4)
390.1
+480
0.2
870
7.9
0.04
0.4
colonies
0.14
498.5
8.6
—17.3
17.3
481.2
Table 2:
Population
(mill.)
Depen-
dencies
Colonies
α)
400
<5%
< 5%
β)
250
40-50%
10%
γ)
900
>50%
1,550
about 480 million
? 60-100 (?)
Table 3:
Total
Population (mill.)
of which
depen-
dencies
colo-
nies
α
400
20
+
20
=
40
10%
β
250
100
+
25
=
125
50%
γ
900
—
+
500
=
500
60%
1,550
120
+
545
=
665
Sq. km.
Popu-
lation
of which
depen-
dencies
colo-
nies
Popu-
lation
(mill.)
(mill.)
Russia
5.3
106.2
about 60
+
+
⎧
⎨
⎩
Khiva
0.06
0.5
⎫
⎬
⎭
24.6
⎫
⎬
⎭
⎫
⎬
⎭
(5)
Bukhara
0.2
1.5
Caucasus
0.5
9.2
Central Asia
3.5
7.7
Siberia
12.5
5.7
Russia
22.1
130.8
(60?)
(5)
—24.6
Austria-Hungary
0.6
45.3
(about 25)
—
—
Serbia
0.05
2.5
?
—
—
Rumania
0.1
5.9
?
—
—
Sq. km.
Popu-
lation
of which
depen-
dencies
colo-
nies
Popu-
lation
(mill.)
(mill.)
Bulgaria
0.1
3.7
?
—
—
Greece
0.06
2.4
?
—
—
Turkey
0.1
5.9
+
(?)
Asia
1.8
17.2
1.9
23.1
(10?)
without Arabia? + 2.5 million sq. km., 1.9 million population
213.7
(90-100)
(5)
(25) (?)
Number of countries
indepen-
dent
dependent
α
38
29
+
7
7
β
12
7
+
5
+
5
γ
64
2-4
—
60-62
12
Western Europe and America:
Eastern Europe:
Austria-Hungary
Russia, Balkans and Turkey (consequently, including part of Asia):
Rest of Asia, Africa and Australia.
DIE NEUE ZEIT, XXX, 1
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