Population.

Population. Information as to the population of the various communities of the world will be found in the paragraphs dealing with the subject in the articles in this work on the various kingdoms and countries, ancient and modern, and on the several provinces of those countries, and on the towns and cities of the world; at EUROPE, ASIA, AMERICA, will be found tables of the population of the several countries in those great divisions of the world, so far as ascertainable. The population of the world (estimated by Behm and Wagner in 1882 at 1434 millions) will be dealt with at WORLD. The so-called 'population question' is discussed at MALTHUS; and other articles that deal more or less directly with population, its enumeration and fluctuations, are CENSUS, REGISTRATION (of Births, Deaths, and Marriages), and VITAL STATISTICS. For mortality tables, see INSURANCE. And questions that emerge in connection with the increase and density of population will be found treated at CORN LAWS, CROFTERS, EMIGRATION, FREE TRADE, INFANTICIDE, LAND LAWS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR-LAWS, SOCIALISM, &c. And see works by Farr (q.v.), Quetelet (q.v.), Behm (q.v.), Bodio, Block.