The World's People

Seventy-two races inhabit the worlc and use 3,004 different tongues. There are about 1,000 religions. The ntmiber of inen and women is very neariy equal, the average longevity of both sexes baing only 38 years. About one-third of the population dies before the age of 1 7. According to the most careful com putation, only 1 person in 100,000 o: both sexes attains the age of 100 years aud 6 to 7 in 100 the age of 60. The total populatiou of the earth is estimated at about 1,200,000,000 souls of whom 35,214,000 die annually, an average of 98,848 a day, 4,020 an hour and 07 a minute. The annual uumber of births is esti mated at 36,792000, an average o 100,800 a day, 4,200 an bour and 70 a minute.-