AMERICA’S MILLIONS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 2

AMERICA’S MILLIONS

The Americas are growing apace, and have now a population of 275 million people, about half as many as the population of Europe. The estimate is made by the organ of the Carnegie Peace Endowment. Let us see how the 275 millions are made up:— North America— Millions United States ~ .. 132 Canada 11 Mexico 19 Central America— 22 South AmericaBrazil 43 Argentina 13 Other States 35

Not all these ar -hite people. The United States has some 14 million negroes and othc- coloured folk. Argentina is mainly a white country, but Mexico and Brazil Lave a majority of coloured people. Nature gave plentiful coal to the United States, and that fact accounts for her great preponderance of population, amounting to nearly a half of the entire lopulation of the continent. Canada is still largely empty country. South and Central America together have 7i million square miles of area against the 8 million square miles of North America. :.nd yet have an aggregate Deputation of only 113 million people against North America’s 162 millions. South America stUl has vast uncropped areas, mainly in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.