Lenin: 1916/ni-nu: POPULATION ESTIMATES (original) (raw)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
NOTEBOOK “ν”
(“NU”)
POPULATION ESTIMATES
| Of which colonies: |
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| Numberof coun-tries |
Popula-tionmillion—approx.) |
Of whichdependencies |
number |
population(mill.) |
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| (α) |
WesternEurope |
15 |
220 |
(10-15) |
2 |
0.2 |
| America |
23 |
145 |
(none?) |
7 |
13.5 (?) |
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| Σ |
38 |
365 |
(10-15) |
9 |
14 (?) |
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| (β) |
EasternEurope and_its_ part ofAsia |
12 |
215 |
(90-100?) |
5 |
25 (?) |
| (γ) |
Rest ofAsia, Africaand Aus-tralia |
64 (?) |
870 |
semi-de-pendenciesabout 300? |
60 |
480 (?) |
| Σ |
114 (?) |
1,450 |
100-115 |
74 |
519 |
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Transcriber Note: The following tables are arranged in this fashion in the Collected Works:
Table 1:
| Sq. km.(mill.) |
Popu-lation(mill.) |
|
| Japan |
0.4 |
46.5 |
| China |
3.9 |
319.5 |
| +7.3 |
10.6 |
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| Afghanistan |
0.6 |
4.5 |
| Persia |
1.6 |
9.0 |
| (4) |
390.1 |
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| +480 |
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| 0.2 |
870 |
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| 7.9 |
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| 0.04 |
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| 0.4 |
colonies |
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| 0.14 |
498.5 |
|
| 8.6 |
—17.3 |
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| 17.3 |
481.2 |
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Table 2:
| Population(mill.) |
Depen-dencies |
Colonies |
|
| α) |
400 |
<5% |
< 5% |
| β) |
250 |
40-50% |
10% |
| γ) |
900 |
>50% |
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| 1,550 |
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| about 480 million? 60-100 (?) |
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Table 3:
| Total |
Population (mill.)of which |
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| depen-dencies |
colo-nies |
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| α |
400 |
20 |
+ |
20 |
= |
40 |
10% |
| β |
250 |
100 |
+ |
25 |
= |
125 |
50% |
| γ |
900 |
— |
+ |
500 |
= |
500 |
60% |
| 1,550 |
120 |
+ |
545 |
= |
665 |
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| Sq. km. |
Popu-lation |
of whichdepen-dencies |
colo-nies |
Popu-lation(mill.) |
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| (mill.) |
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| Russia |
5.3 |
106.2 |
about 60 |
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| + |
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| + |
⎧⎨⎩ |
Khiva |
0.06 |
0.5 |
⎫⎬⎭ |
24.6 |
⎫⎬⎭ |
⎫⎬⎭ |
(5) |
| Bukhara |
0.2 |
1.5 |
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| Caucasus |
0.5 |
9.2 |
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| Central Asia |
3.5 |
7.7 |
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| Siberia |
12.5 |
5.7 |
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| Russia |
22.1 |
130.8 |
(60?) |
(5) |
—24.6 |
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| Austria-Hungary |
0.6 |
45.3 |
(about 25) |
— |
— |
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| Serbia |
0.05 |
2.5 |
? |
— |
— |
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| Rumania |
0.1 |
5.9 |
? |
— |
— |
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| Sq. km. |
Popu-lation |
of whichdepen-dencies |
colo-nies |
Popu-lation(mill.) |
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| (mill.) |
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| Bulgaria |
0.1 |
3.7 |
? |
— |
— |
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| Greece |
0.06 |
2.4 |
? |
— |
— |
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| Turkey |
0.1 |
5.9 |
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| + |
(?) |
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| Asia |
1.8 |
17.2 |
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| 1.9 |
23.1 |
(10?) |
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| without Arabia? + 2.5 million sq. km., 1.9 million population |
| 213.7 |
(90-100) |
(5) |
(25) (?) |
| Number of countries |
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| indepen-dent |
dependent |
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| α |
38 |
29 |
+ |
7 |
7 |
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| β |
12 |
7 |
+ |
5 |
+ |
5 |
| γ |
64 |
2-4 |
— |
60-62 |
12 |
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Western Europe and America:
Eastern Europe:
Austria-Hungary
Russia, Balkans and Turkey (consequently, including part of Asia):
Rest of Asia, Africa and Australia.