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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 1a: Population, area, and population density, by country: 1991

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                                                   Population
                                                      density
               Population                 Area   (persons per
Country       (thousands)       (square miles)   square mile)
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Australia          17,288            2,941,285              6
Austria             7,666               31,942            240
Belgium             9,922               11,672            850
Canada             26,835            3,560,219              8
Czechoslovakia     15,725               48,440            325
Denmark             5,133               16,359            314
Finland             4,991              117,942             42
France             56,596              210,668            269
Germany            79,548              135,236            588
Hungary            10,558               35,653            296
Ireland             3,489               26,598            131
Italy              57,772              113,521            509
Japan             124,017              152,411            814
Luxembourg            388                  998            389
Netherlands        15,022               13,104          1,146
New Zealand         3,309              103,734             32
Norway              4,273              118,865             36
Portugal           10,388               35,382            294
Spain              39,385              192,819            204
Sweden              8,564              158,927             54
Switzerland         6,784               15,355            442
Turkey             58,581              297,591            197
United Kingdom     57,515               93,278            617
United States     252,502            3,539,227             71
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1992, Table 1359.



Figure 1c Background Indicators Table 1b