Area, Population, and Laborers, by Divisions, 1915-Summary 1

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 21, 1916

Area, Population, and Laborers, by Divisions, 1915—Summary 1

Division	Countries	Area	Population	Laborers	Population for Each Laborer	Percentage of Total Population	Percentage of Total Laborers
Non-Christian and Non-Protestant
Africa	12	2,366,886	38,425,923	338	113,686	2.45	3.57
Asia	9	12,220,803	833,400,664	781	1,067,094	53.12	8.24
Europe (Southern)	11	5,603,690	341,516,798	211	1,618,563	21.77	2.22
Pacific Islands ^a	19	526,262	46,942,504	194	241,971	2.99	2.05
South America	10	6,958,774	48,658,699	229	212,481	3.10	2.42
West Indies and Mexico	13	1,055,093	25,831,509	148	174,536	1.65	1.56
Totals	74	28,731,508	1,334,775,397	1,901	702,144	85.08	20.06
Christian
Australia & S. Africa ^b	—	3,559,822	10,804,312	648	15,992	.66	6.83
North America	—	7,888,207	99,002,503	5,155	19,205	6.31	54.41
Northern Europe	—	711,149	124,782,679	1,772	70,419	7.95	18.70
Totals	18	12,159,178	234,089,494	7,575	30,902	14.92	79.94
Grand Totals for 1915	92	40,890,686	1,568,864,891	9,476	165,562	100.00	100.00

Including work for natives and aborigines in New Zealand and Australia.

Including only work in Christianized portions.


Aymara	Fijian	Kishashi	Portuguese	Tiochin
Akan	Finnish	Kisuahili	Punjabi	Tongan
Amharic	Flemish	Kisukuma	Rarotongan	Turkish
Amoyese	French	Kisi	Rumanian	Ulasagi
Arabic	Fukienese	Kitambaru	Russian	Urdu
Aracanian	Galla	Kiziguha	Ruthenian	Wageia
Armenian	Garhwali	Kōjari	Samoan	Yao
Atchinese	German	Korean	Santali	Yoruba
Baila	Greek	Lettonian	Sechuanna	Zulu
Batak	Guarani	Lithuanian	Servian
Bengali	Hakka	Luo (Kavirondo)	Sesuto	Total, 117.
Burmese	Hawaiian	Malay	Shanghai
Bulgarian	Hausa	Malayalam	Shona	Languages used in work in Christian lands, in addition to foregoing:—
Cantonese	Hindi	Mandarin	Sintebele
Cebuan	Hungarian	Manyanja	Slavonian	Danish-Norwegian
Chassu (Kipare)	Igorrote	Mapuche	Slovakian	Icelandic
Chinyanja	Ila	Maori	Spanish	Laplandish
Chitonga	Ilocano	Marathi	Swatowese	Swedish
Coptic	Italian	Matanavat	Syriac	Welsh
Croatian	Japanese	Mendi	Tagalog	Yiddish
Czech (Bohemian)	Javanese	Mosquito	Tahitian	Total, 6.
Dutch	Java-Malay	Motuan	Tamil	Grand Total, 123.
Efik	Kafir (Xosa)	Niue	Tartar
English	Karen (Sgaw)	Pampangán	Telugu
Esthonian	Kijita	Panayan	Temne
Fanti	Kisanaki	Persian	Tew Chu
	Kishambala	Polish	Tigrini


Amoyese	Finnish	Kisuahili	Russian	Turkish
Arabic	Flemish	Kisukuma	Ruthenian	Urdu (Persian)
Armenian	French	Korean	Samoan	Urdu (Roman)
Armeno-Turkish	Garhwali	Lettonian	Santali	Wendic
Atchinese	German	Lithuanian	Sechuanna	Wenli
Batak	Greek	Luo (Kavirondo)	Servian	Zulu
Bengali	Greco-Turkish	Malay	Shanghai	Total, 84.
Bulgarian	Hawaiian	Malayalam	Sintebele
Burmese	Hebrew	Mandarin	Sesuto	The following are issued in Christian lands, in addition to foregoing:—
Cantonese	Hindi	Manyanja	Slavonian
Cebuan	Hungarian	Maori	Slovakian	Danish-Norwegian
Chassu (Kipare)	Ilocano	Marathi	Spanish	Icelandic
Chinyanja	Italian	Niue	Syriac	Laplandish
Chitonga	Japanese	Pampangán	Tagalog	Swedish
Croatian	Javanese	Panayan	Tahitian	Wenli
Czech (Bohemian)	Java-Malay	Polish	Tamil	Yiddish
Dutch	Kafir (Xosa)	Portuguese	Telugu	Total, 6.
English	Karen (Sgaw)	Rarotongan	Tigrini	Grand Total, 90.
Esthonian	Kijita	Romanian	Tongan
Fijian	Kieli