Table 1.  Population of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: 1925 to 1958
[Minus sign (-) denotes decrease)]
Year	Land area in square miles	Population
		Total	Per square
1958	70,724	6,732	10.5
1955	63,992	9,149	16.7
1950	54,843	-80,865	-59.6
1940	135,708	37,143	37.7
1935	98,565	28,939	41.6
1930	69,626	13,332	23.7
1925	56,294	…	…
Notes: 1955 from US Department of the Interior, 1955 Annual Report on the TTPI; 1950 from US Navy;
large numebrs of Japanese repatriated to Japan as result of World War II; 1925 to 1935
from Japanese census reports
Table 2.  Area and Population of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, by Districts: 1958
Year	Land area in square miles	Population
		Total	Per square
Total	660.3	70,724	107.1
Marshalls	61.0	14,163	232.2
Palau	189.7	8,987	47.4
Ponape	174.3	13,620	78.1
Rota	32.9	969	29.5
Saipan	109.4	7,321	66.9
Truk	47.3	20,124	425.5
Yap	45.7	5,540	121.2