==Population==The following are the area and population, with details of race distribution, of the colony of the Straits Settlements, the figures being those of the census of 1901:The population, which was 306,775 in 1871 and 423,384 in 1881, had in 1901 reached a total of 572,249.
Sempre nel 1900 il numero totale delle morti registrate fu di 23.385, con un rapporto ogni mille abitanti che negli anni precedenti fu rispettivamente pari a 42,21 (1896), 36,90 (1897), 30,43 (1898), 31,66 (1899) e 36,25 (1900).