:2 THE SHADOW OF THE WORLD’S FUTURE 
There are also countries, with populations of a 
million and over, with a density of less than 10 persons 
per square mile. These are: — 
Belgian Congo . 94 
Brazil : 9:3 
French Cameroons . go 
Angola . . 8-7 
Argentine Republic. 8-6 
Portuguese E. Africa 7-3 
Arabia . ’ . 70 
Venezuela  . . 65 
Anglo-Egypt, Sudan . 6-4 
Rhodesia . . . 46 
French Equat. Africa 3-2 
Terr. Niger . 30 
Canada . ‘ . 26 
Australia . . . 21 
Russia in Asia . . I'4 
Tripolitania . 13 
Smaller populations and areas afford examples of 
still greater density of occupation. The following are 
examples :— 
Macao ‘ 
Gibraltar . 
Monaco . 
Hong-Kong 
Kwantung . 
Malta . 
On the other hand, very cold and desert regions 
afford examples of very slight population-density. 
Thus we have: — 
Very cold countries. 
Iceland . 2-5 
Russia in Asia 14 
Greenland . 03 
Alaska. | . 0°09 
Spitzbergen. . 003% 
Desert countries. 
Arabia . . . 70 
Italian Somaliland . 6-5 
French Equat. Africa 3-2 
Tripolitania . 13 
French Sahara . . 04 
The preceding examples are sufficient to illustrate 
the great diversity in the density of the distribution of 
the human race; they also may be taken to indicate 
that, at any given point of time, the actual capacity of 
different parts of the earth’s surface to carry population