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 IV.51 1825-Evaluation_numerique_de-20 secondary America Humboldt Alexander von 1825 London in: <i>The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal</i> 3:15:57 (1. September 1825), S. 405. unknown

Antiqua

Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Tabellensatz.

 Englisch

america.

M. de Humboldt has given to Mr. Co-querel, a clergyman at Amsterdam, astatement respecting the population ofAmerica, and the numerical amount ofthe Catholics, compared with that of theProtestants. The total population ofAmerica he makes 34,284,000.

1. Roman Catholics. 22,177,000 Thus divided:—Spanish America 15,985,000 Whites 2,937,000 Indians 7,530,000 Mixed race and Negroes 5,518,000 15,985,000 Portuguese America 4,000,000 Whites 920,000 Negroes 1,960,000 Mixed race and Indians 1,120,000 4,000,000 United States, Lower Canada, and Guyana 536,000 Hayti, Porto Rico, and the Antilles 1,656,000 22,177,000 2. Protestants 11,287,000 In the United States 9,990,000 Canada, Nova Scotia, & Labrador 260,000 Guyana, English and Dutch 220,000 The Antilles, English 734,500 The Antilles, Dutch and Danish 82,500 11,887,000 3. Indians, not Christians 820,000 Total Population 34,284,000

The Protestant population is increasingmuch more rapidly than the Catholic po-pulation. M. de Humboldt makes againthe following ingenious calculation, as theresult of his researches.

Whites 13,162,000 equal to 38 in 100 Indians 8,610,000 .. 25 Negroes 6,223,000 .. 18 Mixed race 6,289,000 .. 19 34,284,000

The Black population is composed of 1,440,000 Free Blacks, and of 5,079,000Slaves. The different languages spokenare as follows:—

The English language by 11,297,500 individuals. Spanish 10,174,000 Indian 7,800,000 Portuguese 3,740,000 French 1,058,000 Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian 214,500 34,284,000

This statement is given as the fruit ofinvestigations made to the end of lastyear.