Your ShelfYour Projects

Important Statistics

8%

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 31, 1874

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 43, No. 16.

Read the full edition

Important Statistics.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

THE following statistics are taken from “Schem’s Statistics of the World” for 1873. They are from the very latest reports. They may be of interest to the readers of the REVIEW.
Total population of the world, 1,377,000,000.

STATISTICS OF CHRISTIANITY.

Total Population. Roman Catholics. Protestants. Eastern Churches.
America, 84,500,000 47,200,000 30,000,000
Europe, 301,600,000 147,800,000 71,800,000 70,200,000
Asia, 794,000,000 4,700,000 1,800,000 8,500,000
Africa, 192,500,000 1,100,000 1,200,000 3,200,000
Australia & Polynesia, 4,400,000 400,000 1,500,000
Total, 1,377,000,000 201,200,000 106,300,000 81,900,000
A glance at the above figures will show the comparative strength of Protestants and Catholics in the different countries of the world.
War ships in the world 3,742, carrying 25,394 guns.
Standing armies of the world mostly on a peace footing, 8,910,590.
Annual public expenses of all nations, $4,090,000,000.
Miles of telegraph wires in the United States, 159,040. Miles of telegraph wires in the world, 1,042,000.
Miles of railroad in the United States, 60,852; “ “ “ America, 68,322; “ “ “ Europe, 69,840; “ “ “ Asia, 5,437; “ “ “ Africa, 1,099; “ “ “ Australasia, 1,127. Total, 145,825.
D. M. CANRIGHT.