Introduction & Concept

• Traditional geographic maps misleading about actual country influence/size
• Visual Capitalist 2018 population map: each square = 500,000 people
• Total 266 squares representing 7.633 billion people worldwide
• Countries sized proportionally to population, not land area

North America Population Analysis

• Canada: 74 squares (37 million people)
  • Smaller population than Poland
  • Smaller than California alone
• United States: 326.8 million (3rd largest globally)
  • 1776 population: 5 squares (2.5 million, equivalent to modern Lithuania)
  • California: 16x entire 1776 US population
  • Alaska: 48th smallest state by population (barely 1 square)
  • Hawaii: 3 squares
• Mexico: nearly 3x Spain's population, largest Spanish-speaking country
• Central America & Caribbean: more populous than expected
  • Guatemala ≈ Netherlands population
  • Combined Central America > Spain

South America Population Dynamics

• Brazil: "Jupiter of South America"
  • Population ≈ rest of South America combined
  • 20x larger than Portugal (former colonizer)
  • World's 6th largest, soon to be 7th
• Brazil will be overtaken by Nigeria

Africa Population Insights

• Nigeria: 196 million people
  • Most populous African country
  • Larger than Germany + France + Spain combined
  • Projected to become world's 3rd most populous by 2100 (overtaking Brazil, Pakistan, Indonesia, US)
• Libya: 6.5 million (less than Serbia, ≈ Minnesota)
  • 7x more land than Minnesota
• Namibia: size of Pakistan, population of Albania
• Botswana: bigger than France, population of Slovenia
• South Africa: dominates southern third of Africa
• Top 3 African economies: Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa (population-based)
• Ethiopia: 107.5 million (half of Brazil's population)
• Uganda: 44.3 million (> South Sudan + Chad + CAR + Rwanda combined, ≈ Spain)

Arab World Population Distribution

• North Africa Arabs: 242 million
• Middle East Arabs: 164 million
• Center of Arab population in North Africa, not Middle East

Middle East & Western Asia

• Iran: 82 million (most populous Western Asian country, 2x Saudi Arabia)
• Saudi Arabia: fairly small population despite influence/land
• Iran & Turkey: substantially more people than Saudi Arabia
• Iraq: more people than Saudi Arabia despite smaller land
• Yemen: close to Saudi Arabia, significantly more than Oman
• Egypt: nearly 100 million (3x Saudi Arabia)
  • Greater Cairo metro > all of Syria
• Israel: incredibly dense, more people than Libya
• Azerbaijan: dominant Caucasus force (> Armenia + Georgia combined, 3x Armenia alone)
• European Turkey: 11 million (would be Europe's 14th most populous as separate country)

Europe Population Patterns

• Europe total > North America combined
• Still smaller than Africa or Asia
• Russia: Europe's most populous but not by much
  • European Russia: 110 million
  • Many smaller countries have more people (Bangladesh, Nigeria, Indonesia)
• Germany: 82.3 million (75% of European Russia)
• Germany ≈ Turkey population
• Netherlands: 17 million (massively crowded)
  • More than Sweden + Norway combined
• Scandinavia: incredibly sparsely populated
  • Denmark > Norway
  • All Scandinavia < Netherlands + Belgium
• UK Population Dominance:
  • England: 5x larger than Scotland + Wales + Ireland combined
  • Great Britain: 9x Ireland population
  • England ≈ Italy, Scotland ≈ Slovakia, Wales ≈ Lithuania, Northern Ireland ≈ Slovenia
  • UK > France, England alone: 10 million more than Spain
• Western Europe: 402 million vs Eastern Europe: 345 million
• Asian Russia: only 34 million people (appears huge geographically, tiny by population)

Asia Population Giants

• Tokyo: 38 million people
  • More than entire Asian Russia
  • More than Australia, North Korea, Canada
  • ≈ entire Oceania population (0.5% of human population in one city)
• Japan ≈ Russia population
• South Korea: 2x North Korea population
• China: 1.415 billion (18% of human population)
  • Dwarfs neighboring countries
  • Mongolia: world's 18th biggest by land (≈ Iran size), only 3 million people
  • Beijing metro ≈ entire North Korea
  • Hong Kong: 163x smaller than Sweden by land, similar population
  • Hong Kong > Norway, Denmark, Bulgaria, Libya
  • China > all Europe combined x2
• India: 1.354 billion (rapidly catching up to China)
  • China + India = >1/3 of all humans
  • Could fit entire US population 4x in India with room left
  • Uttar Pradesh state = Russia + Canada + Australia + New Zealand + Austria combined
• Bangladesh: 166 million (> Germany + UK + Netherlands combined)
• Indonesia: 267 million (world's most populous Islamic country)
  • Higher population than entire Middle East combined (minus Turkey & Egypt)
  • Java island: > all of Russia

Australia & Oceania

• Australia: <25 million people (entire continent)
• Comparison contexts:
  • California & Texas each > Australia
  • 3 cities > Australia: Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai
  • Many cities approaching: São Paulo, Mexico City, Cairo, Mumbai, Beijing
  • North Korea: 1 million more than Australia
  • Taiwan ≈ Australia population
• Dozens of smaller countries have bigger populations

Top 50 Most Populous Nations Ranking

1. China, 2. India, 3. United States, 4. Indonesia, 5. Pakistan, 6. Brazil, 7. Nigeria, 8. Bangladesh, 9. Russia, 10. Mexico, 11. Japan, 12. Ethiopia, 13. Philippines, 14. Democratic Republic of Congo, 15. Egypt, 16. Vietnam, 17. Iran, 18. Turkey, 19. Germany, 20. France, 21. United Kingdom, 22. Thailand, 23. South Africa, 24. Tanzania, 25. Italy, 26. Myanmar, 27. South Korea, 28. Colombia, 29. Kenya, 30. Spain, 31. Argentina, 32. Algeria, 33. Sudan, 34. Uganda, 35. Ukraine, 36. Iraq, 37. Canada, 38. Poland, 39. Morocco, 40. Uzbekistan, 41. Saudi Arabia, 42. Peru, 43. Afghanistan, 44. Malaysia, 45. Angola, 46. Ghana, 47. Mozambique, 48. Yemen, 49. Nepal, 50. Venezuela

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