Per
Area.    Population.    Sq.  Mile. 
Luzon    44,400    3,426,000       79
Panay     4,700      735,000      155
Cebu      2,400      504,000      210
Leyte     3,300      279,000       71
Bohol     1.300      245,000      188
Negros    3,300      242,000       73
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59,800    5,422,000       91

The density of population in these six islands is nearly 50 per cent. greater than in Illinois and Indiana (census of 1890), greater than in Spain, about one-half as great as in France, and one-third as great as in Japan and China, the exact figures being as follows: 

Area.      Population.        Per Sq.  Mile. 
Illinois        56,000       3,826,351            68
Indiana         35,910       2,192,494            61
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91,910       6,018,755            64

Spain          197,670      17,565,632            88
France         204,092      38,517,975           189
Japan          147,655      42,270,620           286
China        1,312,328     383,253,029           292

The next most important islands, in the order of population, are: 

Area.          Population.     Per Sq.  Mile. 
Mindanao     34,000        209,000            6
Samar         4,800        186,000           38
Mindoro       4,000         67,000           17
Nomblon         600         35,000           58
Masbate       1,400         21,000           15
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44,800        518,000           11

Various smaller islands, including the Carolinas, Ladrones and Palaos, carry the total area and Christian population to—­

140,000 6,000,000 43

This is considerably greater than the density of population in the States east of the Rocky Mountains.  Owing to the existence of mountain ranges in all the islands, and lack of communication in the interior, only a small part of the surface is inhabited.  In many provinces the density of population exceeds 200 per square mile, or greater than that of any of the United States, except Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  The total area of the Philippines is about the same as that of Japan, but its civilized population is only one-seventh.

In addition to the Christian population, it is estimated (in the Official Guide) that the islands contain the following: 

Chinese (principally in Manila) 75,000
Moors or Mohametans in Paragon and Jok 100,000
Moors or Mohametans in Mindanao and Basilan 209,000
Heathen in the Philippines 830,000
Heathen in the Carolinas and Palaos 50,000
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1,264,000

The Official Guide gives a list of more than thirty different races, each speaking a different dialect; but five-sixths of the Christian population are either Tagalos or Visayas.  All the races are of the Malay type.  Around Manila there has been some mixture of Chinese and Spanish blood with that of the natives, resulting in the Mestizos or Half-breeds, but the number of these is not very great.