The New Hampshire Gazette

1755	419	65	484	442
1756	461	65	526	441
1757	361	73	434	415
1758	476	57	524	423
1759	565	54	524	376
1760	508	68	576	430
1761	448	83	531	412

An Account of the Burials in the Town of Boston, and of the Baptisms in the several Churches in the Town, for seven Years past.

Observations on the Use of the Bills of Mortality with a Computation of the Number of People in the known Parts of the Globe.

It is a common observation, derived from perusing a series of bills of mortality, that in every kingdom more persons are born than die; and consequently that the human species are continually increasing. Among all the obstacles that hinder the increase of mankind, the pestilence is the greatest; next to this are war, famine, and celibacy. The effects of the latter are chiefly felt in Roman catholic countries, occasioned by their great number of nunneries and convents. All populous towns, in which the births and deaths are at least equal, suffer greatly from the irregular lives of the inhabitants, together with their unhealthy situations, and other circumstances often attending them.

It is agreed by all writers that the earth is capable of subsisting three thousand millions of the human species, but a third part of that number never actually existed at one time. Perhaps the following scheme, which has been calculated with considerable attention, nearly exhibits the number of Mankind now on the surface of the globe.

Asia 450000000
Africa 150000000
America 10000000

If we reckon with the ancients, that a generation lasts thirty three years, in that space 895300000 of men will be born and die; consequently 81562 will die every day.

The lists of christenings plainly prove that there are more males born than females, the ratio between them being as 21 to 20; but wars and other casualties reduce them to an equality. So that this proportion between the sexes is an unanswerable argument against polygamy.

The increase and decrease of the inhabitants of a country or town, is evident from the lists of burials: and by these the number of the living may also be nearly computed; for, in large and populous cities, we may reckon 25 or 28 living persons, for every one that dies. In middling cities, as Copenhagen, Berlin, Breslau, &c. 29 or 30. but in the country 40 or 45. Wherefore some reckon, that, in the towns and villages of a country, taken in the gross, one out of 40 dies annually; but in London and Paris, one nearly out of 20.

Ireland	18400000	Switzerland	1500000
France	7400000	Republic, Geneva	3100000
Spain	3500000	Sweden	3300000
Portugal	4100000	Denmark	2100000
Italy	2700000	Norway	1600000
Ireland
Mediterranean	20600000	Russia	17000000
Germany	3200000	Hungary	5000000
Republic of United Provinces	3200000	Poland	3200000
Thus	Europe	Turkey	18400000