Earth's population shown by comparative figures of the races

Five human figures representing the five continents, an approximate population count corresponding to each figure, and a globe in the background. The figures include Oceania with a population of 10,000,000, Asia 900,000,000, North and South America 140,000,000, Europe 400,000,000, and Africa 250,000,000. Accompanies an article about a project by the National Statistical Institute to count all humans.

Publication date: 1897-05-23

Size: 13.5 x 18 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Demography--1890-1900

Genre(s):

• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 23, 1897), Part 6, p. 46

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg