The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

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Identifikator:: 1775636852

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-164018

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Author:: Knibbs, George Handley http://d-nb.info/gnd/1045010944

Title:: The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Ernest Benn Limited

Year of publication:: (1928)

Scope:: 131 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter II. Distribution of the world's population

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20 ‘THE SHADOW OF THE WORLD’S FUTURE the true average—an individual life would be only one two-hundredth of the period of authentic history. If Man’s life-history has extended over a million years, it is only one twenty-thousandth. When these facts are kept in view we perhaps reach a better perspective for the purposes of a larger study of human affairs, and are delivered from the temptation to over-emphasise the world-significance of human tragedies. Doubtless, from the widest point of view, the obliteration of the whole solar system is insignificant. This, however, is not for us. To return to the question of the effect of the earth’s physical features, etc., and of its various linguistic, political and other divisions; these are so diverse that its areas differ greatly as regards their fitness for human habitation. So great are the causes of diversity in the nature of human occupation, that even countries of great size do not give at all similar figures for the densities of their population-distributions. Taking even the largest divisions, the world-average of about 37 persons per square mile is widely departed from. The order of density per square mile for the several continents is as follows — Europe . 127-6 Africa . . 106 Asia . . 65-2 South America 9-5 North and Central America 17:6 Qceania, etc. 2-8 In the order of their aggregate populations in millions, these territories are 1:— Asia . . . 1041-8 Africa . 1340 Europe . ‘ 494-2" South America 679 North and Central America 157-0 Oceania, etc. 95 When smaller and vet still large units of territory ! The population of Asia is possibly understated. A recent count of China’s population shows that it is very much greater than was thought recently.

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