The 1878 edition of the Bevolkerung der Erde, by Behm and Wagner, gives figures of the population of the earth. Of course, these are, to a great extent based on estimate, and, as respects countries in which no censuses are taken, must be accepted as approximations. The total population as now set down is 1,439,145,300, divided among the continents as follows:—

Europe	312,398,480
Asia	831,000,000
Africa	205,219,500
Australasia and Polynesia	4,411,300
America	86,116,000