The growth of population in the area now covered by Greater New
York is shown thus in _The Tribune_:
1910 4,766,883
1900 3,437,202
1890 2,507,414
1880 1,911,698
1870 1,478,103
1860 1,174,779
1850 696,115
1840 391,114
1830 242,278
1820 152,056
1810 119,734
1800 79,216
1790 49,401
The following interesting figures are given by the Washington
correspondent of _The Times_:
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New York now has a population greater than many of the countries
of the world, for instance, Australia in 1908 had within its
borders 4,275,306 persons, exclusive of the aborigines, while
Ireland (1909) had a population of 4,374,158. Bulgaria in 1908
showed a census return of 4,158,409, and Denmark and Greece,
respectively, had 2,659,000 and 2,632,000 subjects of their
kings. Norway in the same year was populated by 2,350,786
persons, and Switzerland by 3,559,000.
The figures in the cut above exhibit fifty years of New York’s
expansion.
The fifteen largest cities of the world, each having more than one
million population are as follows:
London 7,537,196
New York 4,766,883
Paris 2,714,068
Tokyo 2,085,160
Berlin 2,040,148
Chicago 1,698,575
St. Petersburg 1,678,000
Vienna 1,674,957
Canton 1,600,000
Peking 1,600,000
(estimated)
Moscow 1,359,254
Philadelphia 1,293,697
Constantinople 1,125,000
(estimated)
Osaka 1,117,151
Calcutta 1,026,987
and suburbs
(462)
=Cities and Atmospheric Impurities=--See SOOT.
=Cities Due to Discoveries=--See DISCOVERY, BENEFITS FROM.
=City versus Country=--See SOCIETY IS MAN’S PLACE.
=Civic Pride=--See CHILDREN AND CIVIC SERVICE.
=Civic Strength=--See GREATNESS, TRUE, OF A CITY.