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[June]

Was watching who wants to be a millionaire and this question came up

"Which country has the largest population?"

1) Brazil
2) Russia
3) Nigeria
4) USA

I dismissed Nigeria immediately because it just didn't seem right.

I mean look at this map and the size of the countries. Have a guess yourself at the population if you like.

Well it turns out Nigeria has a population of 200 million, equal to that of Brazil, except in what looks like 1/6th or so of the land. Nigeria has about 66% of USA's population squeezed into about a 1/10th of the land. Great Britain seems a bit bigger in land mass yet only has a population of 70million. This is madness. Is Nigeria just super cramped as a country or what? I'm amazed at such a number.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I think you're underestimating how empty the US and Brazil are. Nigeria's population density isn't particularly high, it's on par with UK and Germany.

 

[Batiman]

That map you’re looking at isn’t the real size. Africa is way bigger than most maps portray it to be.

 

[June]

I think you're underestimating how empty the US and Brazil are. Nigeria's population density isn't particularly high, it's on par with UK and Germany.

no i thought about that too

i googled californias population, which i hear is a very crowded place.

california is half the size of nigeria and has a population of 40 million.

Nigeria is twice the size California but has 200 mill population, 5 times californias

thats madness right? could californians imagine their state with 5 times the number of people?

 

[NecrosaroIII]

There are a lot of Nigerians in my industry (logistics). I've had the pleasure of meeting quite a few. The ones I've met have always been so jovial and festive. I'd love to visit Lagos

 

[HoodWinked]

i didn't know about Nigeria but knew Africa's population had been trending upward and would surpass India at some point.

The country that is the weirdest is Indonesia, that is a country that is never mentioned, seemly does nothing, has no relevance on the world stage, and yet they are the 4th highest populated country.

Then 5th is Pakistan which is concerning since they have Nukes, were the ones that sheltered Bid Laden and are currently facing some issues of instability.

 

[June]

That map you’re looking at isn’t the real size. Africa is way bigger than most maps portray it to be.

didnt know about the different size map thing, but....


Brazil/Area
8.516 million km²


United States/Area
9.834 million km²


Nigeria/Area
923,768 km²

 

[eddie4]

I mean there's like 5 people in Wyoming and the surrounding states so yeah, the US is really empty.

 

[June]

i didn't know about Nigeria but knew Africa's population had been trending upward and would surpass India at some point.

The country that is the weirdest is Indonesia, that is a country that is never mentioned, seemly does nothing, has no relevance on the world stage, and yet they are the 4th highest populated country.

Then 5th is Pakistan which is concerning since they have Nukes, were the ones that sheltered Bid Laden and are currently facing some issues of instability.

ye indonisia and pakistan look to have pretty crazy numbers too

 

[Bernd Lauert]

no i thought about that too

i googled californias population, which i hear is a very crowded place.

california is half the size of nigeria and has a population of 40 million.

Nigeria is twice the size California but has 200 mill population, 5 times californias

thats madness right? could californians imagine their state with 5 times the number of people?

Even California is empty by European standards.

 

[Jennings]

It seems like a good place to find adventure. Imagine being able to walk these streets every day, I bet there's always something new and interesting happening. I bet visitors always come away with stories to tell.

 

[TransTrender]

Yeah.
WoW.
Nigeria was a bigger surprise than Indonesia and Bangladesh.
My reference:

 

[Sakura]

didnt know about the different size map thing, but....


Brazil/Area
8.516 million km²


United States/Area
9.834 million km²


Nigeria/Area
923,768 km²

And UK is only 242,495 km². So population density of Nigeria is smaller than UK.
Brazil, US, etc are pretty empty for the most part.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Nigeria has about 66% of USA's population squeezed into about a 1/10th of the land. Great Britain seems a bit bigger in land mass yet only has a population of 70million.

How did you come up with these numbers? I hope that not by looking at a 2D map projection of a 3D sphere that we live on.

 

[akimbo009]

This channel is crazy, but good "on the streets" of Nigeria type of footage.

 

[Tams]

no i thought about that too

i googled californias population, which i hear is a very crowded place.

california is half the size of nigeria and has a population of 40 million.

Nigeria is twice the size California but has 200 mill population, 5 times californias

thats madness right? could californians imagine their state with 5 times the number of people?

Lol, most of California is wilderness, if not desert.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Bill Gates must be sweating right now.

 

[FunkMiller]

I mean there's like 5 people in Wyoming and the surrounding states so yeah, the US is really empty.

*laughs in Australian*

 

[Frank Horrigan]

I guess all that money I sent those Princes has helped out.

Still waiting for my pay day

 

[DeepEnigma]

no i thought about that too

i googled californias population, which i hear is a very crowded place.

california is half the size of nigeria and has a population of 40 million.

Nigeria is twice the size California but has 200 mill population, 5 times californias

thats madness right? could californians imagine their state with 5 times the number of people?

Cities are overcrowded, yes. But there is a lot of land mass that is unoccupied in that state. Like most states in the Republic.

 

[Kilau]

I read once you could fit the entire population of the world into Texas with the density of New York City.

I also was ignorant of Nigeria’s population size.

 

[sono]

Interesting I wonder how UK got its empire (to lose it) but Nigeria did not

I read once you could fit the entire population of the world into Texas with the density of New York City.

That is a scary thought. I get claustrophobic in London

 

[SlimySnake]

Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh are also heavily packed.

Nothing compared to India and china though.

The U.S is basically the east coast plus the midwest and then nothing from the plains all the way to the westcoast which has some big cities but nothing compared to the east coast. .

 

[Gp1]

Now take a look at Bangladesh...

 

[Days like these...]

Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh are also heavily packed.

Nothing compared to India and china though.

The U.S is basically the east coast plus the midwest and then nothing from the plains all the way to the westcoast which has some big cities but nothing compared to the east coast. .

Wow look at baja California in Mexico almost completely dark except for Los Cabos basically.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Geography and population distribution is fascinating stuff.

3 major factors that come to the top of my head, water, arable land, and ease of transportation for trade.

I have mixed feelings about this guy's YouTube, but here's an interesting look at Indonesia's population:



Regarding transportation, it is a major issue and I would like to share this highly technical academic look at this problem from the perspective of Kazakhstan:

 

[West Texas CEO]

I have mixed feelings about this guy's YouTube, but here's an interesting look at Indonesia's population:

Awesome vid.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Geography and population distribution is fascinating stuff.

3 major factors that come to the top of my head, water, arable land, and ease of transportation for trade.

I have mixed feelings about this guy's YouTube, but here's an interesting look at Indonesia's population:



Regarding transportation, it is a major issue and I would like to share this highly technical academic look at this problem from the perspective of Kazakhstan:

I watched about 2/3rds of the Indonesia video and bailed. I dont know who the narrator is, but sounds like he's jerking off to Indonesia every sentence.

I dont know what he says in the last 6 minutes, but the first 5 minutes was useless filler and the next part he explained the combo of volcanos, fertile land and good year round climate all contributing to making tons of food.

That's fine, but lots of countries can make endless food too, but have a fraction of the population, so it's not a food reason.

Giant populations simply come from a combo not limited to: high birth rates, tight knit families who have kids for family sake or religion, physically intense kind of industry (manual labour needing family help), immigration, and being a lucky country where wars over the past 1000 years didnt crater the population into the toilet (so they've had a good starting base of people from the beginning and maintained it).

 

[ACESHIGH]

That map you’re looking at isn’t the real size. Africa is way bigger than most maps portray it to be.

Antarctica is not down there but right below Argentina. Think that map ain't accurate.

 

[Represent.]

Nigeria is massive, and a country on the rise. Lagos is the largest english speaking city in the world.

 

[bitbydeath]

*laughs in Australian*

Land Size

Australia - 7.688 million km²
India - 3.287 million km²

Population

India - 1.62 billion
Australia - 26 million

 

[Days like these...]

Nigeria is massive, and a country on the rise. Lagos is the largest english speaking city in the world.

I thought it was NYC?

 

[Represent.]

I thought it was NYC?

nope

 

[Batiman]

Antarctica is not down there but right below Argentina. Think that map ain't accurate.

Ya I just picked a random one for an example on size. I’m not even sure which one is the most accurate… I was just trying to show how flawed the sizes were on most maps

 

[JonSnowball]

It seems like a good place to find adventure. Imagine being able to walk these streets every day, I bet there's always something new and interesting happening. I bet visitors always come away with stories to tell.

 

[jason10mm]

I thought it was NYC?

I've been to NYC, it ain't english they are speaking.

 

[Mattdaddy]

Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh are also heavily packed.

Nothing compared to India and china though.

The U.S is basically the east coast plus the midwest and then nothing from the plains all the way to the westcoast which has some big cities but nothing compared to the east coast. .

Wtf party is going on in northeast Alaska?

Edit - Prudhoe Bay oil fields Im guessing. I had to look it up. God its giving off the same light as a metropolis.

 

[Lasha]

Nigeria is massive, and a country on the rise. Lagos is the largest english speaking city in the world.

What's the methodology? I would have guessed an Indian city to have more English speakers. If the criteria is places where English is the sole official language then it's definitely Nigeria since the US lacks an official language and the rest of the anglosphere is sparsely populated.

 

[rofif]

I guess all that money I sent those Princes has helped out.

Still waiting for my pay day

I was thinking who tf falls for this crap and then my friend told me that his parents sent his xbox 360 years ago to nigeria lol.

 

[prinz_valium]

Right order is
#1 USA
#2 Brazil
#3 Nigeria
#4 Russia

Tho that ranking should change until 2050 with Nigeria being #1

 

[TheGrat1]

Is Nigeria just super cramped as a country or what? I'm amazed at such a number.

My surface level understanding leads me to this conclusion: A dramatic increase in living standards over the past 40 years (Nigeria started rolling in oil money) combined with "With every new mouth comes two hands and two feet" style family planning. I believe it was less than 10 years ago where over 60% of the population was under the age of 18. An article from 2020 said that 70% of the population is under 30.

TL;DR: More money/resources and fucking like rabbits.

 

[Don Carlo]

By the time they get someone like Moa Zedong, imposing birth rule, they will be unstoppable

Its growing rapidly

Nigeria to become the 3rd most populous country by 2050. What does this mean?

Dubbed the giants of Africa, Nigeria is one of the continents most populous countries, and according to estimates, the country is set to grow in numbers

africa.businessinsider.com

 

[V1LÆM]

Nigeria is about 357,000 mi2.

it has more land area than France, Spain, Japan, Germany, UK, or Sweden.

You can't really get a good idea of how big a country is just by looking at a map.

 

[jason10mm]

You can't really get a good idea of how big a country is just by looking at a map.

I'd argue that's the EXACT JOB of a map, at least most of them, you just have to remember to account for distortions based on representing three dimensions in a 2D format at scale.

 

[FunkMiller]

Land Size

Australia - 7.688 million km²
India - 3.287 million km²

India - 1.62 billion
Australia - 26 million

Apart from a few bogans clinging onto the edges, my dickhead cousins, and that one fella who runs the bottle shop in Broken Hill, Australia is fucking empty.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

I was going to start a new thread about this but didn’t want to get political or anything like that. Seen this news story tonight and it’s desperately sad. Somalia is basically in famine. 300k people are in famine conditions and 2 million on the brink of famine. Africa is so divided even as a continent. There are richer nations and poorer nations. I’m not saying I understand all the complex war in the country but what we are seeing in Ukraine is also awful, it’s almost as if we forget about Africa day to day. Band aid and live aid tried to make us care again, but we’ve failed a lot of the planet or we just cannot figure out how to fix it all. It’s impossible and I hate that.

Some people on this forum complaining they’re going to have to pay more for gas this winter and maybe for a long time. These people here can’t get food or water. We are billionaires compared to what these folks have. It’s all relative I know but surely we can do better than this.

Somalia drought: The fight for survival as famine looms

Children are dying in growing numbers amid the worst drought to hit Somalia in 40 years.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[I_D]

You'd be surprised at how much land human beings don't take up.
If you want to get a better feel for how humans can fit into various areas, check out a topographic map instead, or a climate-based map.


I had no idea that Nigeria was so populated, though, or growing so quickly, so that's some pretty interesting information.

I was thinking who tf falls for this crap and then my friend told me that his parents sent his xbox 360 years ago to nigeria lol.

My freshman-year roommate in college, who was an uber-spoiled and sheltered rich kid, gave at least $5000 to a Nigerian princess, who contacted him via email on Yahoo.

I was in the room when he told his mother (over the phone, not speaker-phone) about why his bank account was empty, and I could hear her scream, "HOW FUCKING STUPID CAN YOU BE?" from across the room.

It was an awkward moment.

 

[jason10mm]

You'd be surprised at how much land human beings don't take up.
If you want to get a better feel for how humans can fit into various areas, check out a topographic map instead, or a climate-based map.


I had no idea that Nigeria was so populated, though, or growing so quickly, so that's some pretty interesting information.





My freshman-year roommate in college, who was an uber-spoiled and sheltered rich kid, gave at least $5000 to a Nigerian princess, who contacted him via email on Yahoo.

I dunno, maybe he thought "Nigerian prince scam" would sell better than "hookers, blow, and abortions"

 

[Represent.]

What's the methodology? I would have guessed an Indian city to have more English speakers. If the criteria is places where English is the sole official language then it's definitely Nigeria since the US lacks an official language and the rest of the anglosphere is sparsely populated.

English as main official language.

 

[Trunx81]

I mean there's like 5 people in Wyoming and the surrounding states so yeah, the US is really empty.

Germany got Brandenburg, so it’s equally non-densit.