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are considered, a greater range of density appears, as
one would of course expect. Thus'for countries of
relatively dense populations, where the latter exceed
say about two million persons, the numbers per square
mile are as follows: —
England and Wales . 671
Belgium . 665
Netherlands . 562
Germany . 347
Italy : 340
Japan . . 320
Czecho-Slovakia 265
Switzerland 247
Hungary 233
British India 226
Austria . 202
Denmark 202
Haiti . 199
Ceylon . : 198
Poland . 195

Countries of over a million inhabitants, but smaller
than the above, and with two exceptions of less
population-density, with however over 10 persons
per square mile, are: —
Porto Rico
Salvador.
Azerbaijan
Esthonia
Liberia .
Sierra Leone
Guatemala
Tunis .
Lithuania
Nyasaland
Finland .
Gold Coast

Uruguay .
Norway .
Upper Volta
Paraguay
Colombia
Chile .
Ivory Coast
New Zealand
Kenya .
Tanganyika
Ecuador
Peru .

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