• pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    372·
    13 days ago

    That’s an odd way to divide it up. Without Mexico, the US would be much, much lower. Every continent map shows Russia as part of Asia.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
      321·
      13 days ago

      For this specific purpose it probably does make sense to consider Russia part of Europe. If we go by the common Europe-Asia dividing line of the Ural mountains then a large majority of Russia’s population is in the European half, so most Russian births are probably in the European bit

      The weird thing about the Americas to me is that only Mexico, the US, and Canada are counted. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone that draws a dividing line between North and South America do so anywhere except at the Darien Gap, nor have I seen anyone put all of the Caribbean islands in South America. Iberoamerica or similar cultural region terms, sure, but South America the continent?

        • Skua@kbin.earth
          31·
          12 days ago

          As I understand it, Russia actually tends to reject the notion of a separate Europe and Asia. They prefer a six-continent model with Eurasia as one thing

    • Successful_Try543@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      13 days ago

      Maybe, as the capital of russia is in Europe, russia is counted as Europe, while Turkey is counted to Asia, as its capital is in its Asian part.

        • grueEnglish
          111·
          13 days ago

          Well, yeah. The definition of “continent” is arbitrary.

          I could argue that there are only four, for instance (America, Afro-Eurasia, Antarctica, and Australia).

          • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
            1·
            22 hours ago

            and i would argue there are way more, because grouping all of africa and europe and asia together is kind of utterly pointless.

            What makes sense to me is groupings very much like europe in size and cultural cohesion, something roughly like this:

            (I can’t intuitively figure out where to draw lines in america, aside from the fact that the northern part of the landmass is basically unpopulated and vastly more similar to greenland than it is to the populated parts)

            • Skua@kbin.earth
              1·
              12 days ago

              Well yes, it is entirely arbitrary. One of the most agreed-upon factors is that “at least as big as Australia” is a requirement, but there’s no hard reason for that requirement

              Personally I think we should consider particarly big mountain ranges and deserts as continental boundaries more often, like we do with the Urals in nodels that separate Asia and Europe. “Asia” is such a huge concept as to be almost useless, and it’s not like China and Arabia had much influence on each other historically

              • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
                3·
                12 days ago

                You do have “regions” already kind of filling that niche. MENA, Europe, Central Asia, East Asia and so on.

                • Skua@kbin.earth
                  1·
                  12 days ago

                  We just need better branding for them! Middle East and North Africa doesn’t roll off the tongue nearly as well as just Africa

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
      5·
      12 days ago

      One could say the map simply counted transcontinental countries as where the majority of the population lives, but French Guiana isn’t colored like Europe.

      Also interesting that the southern border of Mexico is apparently the border between North and South America.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
        64·
        12 days ago

        Yeah the most interesting thing about this map is the weird biases on display.

        Personal guess?

        This was made by a white supremacist to try and push replacement theory/14 words type fears without tipping off the normies

    • polysexualstick
      41·
      11 days ago

      I’m sure the massive number of people being born in Siberia makes this map completely useless /s

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
      5·
      13 days ago

      I think PNG is usually considered a part of Oceania and Indonesia a part of Asia, which is why it stands out. What borders are not intact?

    • Gsus4@mander.xyz
      2·
      11 days ago

      Isn’t it birth rate times population (normalized to world total births)? Then you draw the borders where you want…

  • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    13·
    13 days ago

    For any parents trying to find their new baby, starting the search in Asia seems like a good strategy! Book a flight immediately after birth.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    13 days ago

    I’d immagine it being 0% across the world, it is still 2025…

  • RememberTheApollo_
    132·
    12 days ago

    Now do “chance of dying of any cause under the age of 20” per continent.

  • wieson@feddit.orgEnglish
    112·
    12 days ago

    Of course the europe-asia border is wrong, but the south america -north america border is wrong as well. It should be where Panama is.

    I see a lot of US Americans think that north America only has 3 countries. That’s false.

    • LemmyKnowsBest
      4·
      11 days ago

      Trump’s delusions about Greenland seem to be contagious to whoever color-coded this map.

    • nocturne@slrpnk.net
      2·
      9 days ago

      I see a lot of US Americans think that north America only has 3 countries. That’s false.

      Three countries is what I was taught in school in the 80s and 90s. And that the Americas are 3 continents; North, Central, and South America.