| Primary
Source |
| Imperialism |
Colonial Policy | [P|S|M] |
Atlas German Colonies, with Yearbook, edited by the German Colonial Society, 1907, Distribution of the Colonial Possessions of European States
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Distribution of the Colonial Possessions of European States
I. German Possessions
| official title |
area
sq. km = square kilometers |
population (maximum) |
white inhabitants |
| 1. Togo |
87,200 sq. km |
1,000,000 |
243 |
| 2. Kamerun |
495,600 sq. km |
3,500,000 |
896 |
| 3. Südwestafrika |
835,100 sq. km |
200,000 |
6,366 |
| 4. Ostafrika |
995,000 sq. km |
7,000,000 |
1,873 |
| total |
2,412,900 sq. km |
11,700,000 |
9,9701 |
II. British Possessions
| official title |
area
sq. km2 |
population |
| 1. Gambia (including adjacent protectorated
territories) |
11,700 |
90,000 |
| 2. Sierra Leone and Protectorate |
88,400 |
(est.) 1,077,000 |
| 3. Gold Coast Colony |
102,000 |
1,486,000 |
| 4. Lagos |
8,900 |
1,389,000 |
| 5. Southern Nigeria |
130,000 |
(est.) 3,056,000 |
| 6. Northern Nigeria |
840,000 |
(est.) 10,000,000 |
| 7. Cape Colony |
720,000 |
2,410,000 |
| 8. Basutoland |
26,000 |
349,000 |
| 9. Natal |
77,000 |
1,109,000 |
| 10. Bechuanaland Protectorate |
1,000,000 |
122,000 |
| 11. Transvaal |
290,000 |
1,269,000 |
| 12. Orange River Colony |
130,000 |
387,000 |
| 13. Operation sphere of the British South
Africa Co. |
1,500,000 |
1,326,000 |
14.
British Central
Africa Protectrate |
120,000 |
924,000 |
| 15. Zanzibar, East Africa Protectorate,
Uganda, Somaliland Protectorate |
(est.) 2,000,000 |
8,050,000 |
| 16. St. Helena and Ascension |
200 |
5,000 |
| 17. Mauritius with Rodriguez and Diego Garcia |
1,800 |
384,000 |
| 18. Seychelles |
380 |
20,000 |
| total |
min. 7,046,380 sq. km |
min. 33,500,000 |
III. French Possessions
| official title |
area
sq. km(3) |
population |
| 1. Algeria |
479,000 |
(4)
5,231,850 |
| 2. Tunisia |
130,000 |
1,600,000 |
| 3. Sahara |
(est.) 3,500,000 |
(?) |
| 4. Senegal |
470,000 |
1,132,000 |
| 5. French Guinea |
(?) |
(est.) 1,500,000 |
| 6. Ivory Coast |
250,000 |
2,250,000 |
| 7. Dahomey |
(?) |
(?) |
| 8. French Congo |
(est.) 1,800,000 |
(est.) 10,000,000 |
| 9. French Somali Coast and
dependencies |
(est.) 36,000 |
(est.) 200,000 |
| 10. Madagascar etc. |
592,000 |
3,500,000 |
| 11. Mayotta, Glorieuses, Comoren |
(est.) 2,067 |
(est.) 50,000 |
| 12. Réunion |
2 600 |
173,000 |
| total |
min. 7,261,667
sq. km |
min. 25,500,000 |
(p.6)
IV. Portuguese Possessions(5)
| official title |
area sq. km |
population |
| 1. Cape Verde Islands |
3,850 |
147,000 |
| 2. Portuguese Guinea |
37,000 |
200,000 |
| 3. Islands St. Thome and Principe |
1,080 |
42,000 |
| 4. Angola |
1,315,460 |
1,500,000 |
| 5. East African Free State |
768,740 |
3,120,000 |
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total
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2,126,130 sq. km |
5,009,000 |
V. Spanish Possessions
| official title |
area sq. km |
population |
| 1. Canary Islands |
7,273 |
358,564 |
| 2. Rio de Oro |
188,600 |
(?) |
| 3. Fernando Póo |
2,000 |
20,000 |
| 4. Anno-Bom |
17 |
3,000 |
| 5. Rio Muni |
25,600 |
(?) |
|
total |
223,490 sq. km |
max. 381,564 |
VI. Italian Possessions
| official
title |
area sq. km |
population |
| 1. Eritrea |
247,300 |
330,000 |
| 2. Somaliland |
260,000 |
360,000 |
| Gesamt |
507,300 sq. km |
690,000 |
VII. Belgian Possessions
| official
title |
area sq. km |
population |
| Congo Free State |
2,253,000 |
14,100,000 |
VIII. Türkish Africa
| official
title |
area sq. km |
population |
| 1. Egypt |
2,959,000 |
19,833,000 |
| 2. Tripoli with Benghazi |
1,033,400 |
1,000,000 |
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total
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3,992,400 qkm |
20,833,000 |
IX. Independent States
| official
title |
area sq. km |
population |
| 1. Morocco |
439,000 |
(est.) 8,000,000 |
| 2. Liberia |
85,350 |
(est.)
1,500,000 |
| 3. Abyssinia |
540,000 |
(est.)
4,000,000 |
(1) = from the 1903 census (back)
(2) = the figures are taken from the
"Colonial Office List" of 1905. The area frequently is only estimated.
(back)
(3) = the figures are from "Atlas des
Colonies francaises" (Paris 1902), edited by Paul Pelet on behalf of the
French Ministry of Colonial Affairs" (Paris 1902). (back)
(4) = of these 729.960 Europeans (back)
(5) compare "Atlas Colonial
Portugues" edited by "Ministerio des Marinha e Ultramar" 1903. (back)
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Source:
Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas mit Jahrbuch (Atlas German Colonies with
Yearbook), edited by the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial
Society). Berlin 1907, p.5f |
GM
(digitalisation) and AG
(translation)
posted on the web for psm-data;
many thanks to
Staatsbibliothek
zu Berlin / Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Kartenabteilung
Dokument in deutscher
Sprache
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