Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

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POPULATION ESTIMATES

Of which colonies:
Number
of coun-
tries
Popula-
tion
million—
approx.)
Of which
dependencies
number population
(mill.)
(α) Western
Europe
15   220 (10-15)  2  0.2
America 23   145 (none?)  7  13.5 (?)
Σ 38   365 (10-15)  9  14 (?)
(β) Eastern
Europe and
its part of
Asia
12   215 (90-100?)  5  25 (?)
(γ) Rest of
Asia, Africa
and Aus-
tralia
 64 (?)  870 semi-de-
pendencies
about 300?
60 480 (?)
Σ 114 (?) 1,450 100-115 74 519  


Transcriber Note: The following tables are arranged in this fashion in the Collected Works:

Table 1 Table 2
Table 3

Table 1:

Sq. km.
(mill.)
Popu-
lation
(mill.)
Japan  0.4  46.5
China  3.9  319.5
+7.3  10.6
Afghanistan  0.6  4.5
Persia  1.6  9.0
 (4)  390.1
+480
 0.2  870
 7.9
 0.04
 0.4 colonies
 0.14  498.5
 8.6 —17.3
17.3  481.2

Table 2:

Population

(mill.)
Depen-
dencies
Colonies
α) 400 <5% < 5%
β) 250 40-50% 10%
γ) 900 >50%
1,550
about 480 million
? 60-100 (?)

Table 3:

Total Population (mill.)
of which
depen-
dencies
colo-
nies
α 400 20 + 20 = 40 10%
β 250 100 + 25 = 125 50%
γ 900 + 500 = 500 60%
1,550 120 + 545 = 665

Sq. km. Popu-
lation
of which
depen-
dencies
colo-
nies
Popu-
lation
(mill.)
(mill.)
Russia  5.3 106.2 about 60
+
+



Khiva  0.06  0.5



24.6







(5)
Bukhara  0.2  1.5
Caucasus  0.5  9.2
Central Asia  3.5  7.7
Siberia 12.5  5.7
Russia 22.1 130.8 (60?) (5) —24.6
Austria-Hungary  0.6  45.3 (about 25)
Serbia  0.05  2.5 ?
Rumania  0.1  5.9 ?
Sq. km. Popu-
lation
of which
depen-
dencies
colo-
nies
Popu-
lation
(mill.)
(mill.)
Bulgaria  0.1  3.7 ?
Greece  0.06  2.4 ?
Turkey  0.1  5.9
+ (?)
Asia  1.8  17.2
 1.9  23.1 (10?)
without Arabia? + 2.5 million sq. km., 1.9 million population
213.7 (90-100) (5) (25) (?)
Number of countries
indepen-
dent
dependent
α 38 29 + 7 7
β 12  7 + 5 + 5
γ 64 2-4  60-62 12

Western Europe and America:

Eastern Europe:

Austria-Hungary

Russia, Balkans and Turkey (consequently, including part of Asia):

Rest of Asia, Africa and Australia.



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