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ACCORDING to the latest, not yet published, statistics, the Philippine Islands are inhabited by 7,451,352 inhabitants, distributed into 43 provinces and 933 cities or villages. 1,232,544 pay tribute to the Government, and the number of 7,451,352 is calculated on the supposition that about the sixth part of the whole has to pay tribute. As there exist in all the islands, even in Luzon, independent tribes, and a large number in Mindanao, the number of 7,451,352 gives no correct idea of the real population of the Philippines. This is not known at all, and will not be known for a long time to come.
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MEYER, A. The Population of the Philippine Islands . Nature 6, 162–163 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006162d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/006162d0