• @xantoxis
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    108 months ago

    So Italy, a mid-sized European country, has a population 1/5 the size of the United States? Why is that … surprising?

    • Black616Angel
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      108 months ago

      I guess what they mean is the following:

      Italy is about the size of michigan (300vs250km²) but has about 6 times the population (58Mio vs 10Mio). The population density of Italy is 5 times as high.

      Source wolframalpha:
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