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 AREA AND POPULATION

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Tho following table shows the estimated area and population of the various provinces on December 31, 1897 : —

Estimated

Population

Departments

Area, square

Poi)ulation

per

1897

square mile

Montevideo ....

256

264,838

1034-5

Can^lones

1,833

68,553

37-3

Colonia

2,192

41,021

18-7

Salto.

4,863

37,586

7-7

Soriano

3,560

36,369

10-2

Paysandu

5,115

40,431

7-9

San Jose

2,687

34,441

12-8

Florida.

4,673

36,024

7-4

Durazno

5,525

30,064

5-4

Ceno-Largo.

5,753

29,909

5-2

Tacuarembo.

8,074

27,929

3-4

Minas.

4,844

28,401

5-8

Rocha.

4,280

25,976

6-0

Maldouado.

1,584

23,086

14-5

Artigas

4,392

21,716

4-9

Treinta y Tres

3,686

22,615

6 1

Rivera.

3,790

18,767

4-9

Rio Negro.

3,269

24,369

7-4

Flores.

1,744

15,390

8-7 11-4

Total

72,110

827,485

To the total, the official estimate adds 13,240 for omissions in the number of immigrants, the population of the Republic being thus put at 840,725, or 117 per square mile. Of the population 52 per cent, are male, and 48 per cent, female. Seventy per cent, of the population is native-born. Of the remainder the gi-eater number are Spaniards, Italians, French, Brazilians, and Argentines. The number of English and Germans is small. The Spaniards and French are mostly Basques. Montevideo, the capital, has a population of about 249,251.

The following table gives the number of births, deaths, and marriages for five years. The births and deaths include still births : —

Years

1893 1894 1895 1896 1897

Total Births

28,119 29,292 31,158 31,895 27,763

Still-Births Marriages > Deaths

731 806 755 894 791

3,394 3,852 4,154 4,073 2,746

13,282 14,649 12,874 13,670 13,013

Surplus of Births over Deaths

14,837 14,642 18,284 18,225 14,750

Of the total births in 1897, 6,094, or 22-6 per cent., were illegitimate.