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Most Overpopulated Countries
What countries are the most "overpopulated" based on how many people they would have to lose before their population density was the same as the global average?
I was confused too at first. The quiz not only considers population density but also the absolute number of people needed to lose. So, it counts countries with a large population and a relatively high population density.
I thought it was a pretty interesting quiz that forces people to think about population density in a new way. The way population density is often quizzed makes us think about the smaller countries perhaps a bit more often than we should, while this one makes us take proper note of the "mass" that goes together with that density, which tends to be a pretty important factor when you're actually experiencing it first hand.
Seems a lot of people in the comments didn't quite grasp it.
Of course, there is no such thing as "overpopulation" in my personal opinion. The more people there are, the better our lives all become!
Speaking of alternative measures of population density, check out my quizzes on population-weighted density, which is a measure of the average number of people living within 1km of the average person in a given country. This is a way to take out the effects of large swathes of unpopulated land in a country's density.
Carrying capacity is what it is. Looking at a map of HDI next to this list isn't promising. China pollutes more than the entirety of the developed world. Who's going to be the next to jump on that dogpile. Not to mention the map of population growth. Facts can't hurt. It is what it is.
Looking at this quiz and the comments for the first time.
If bocoker is a Brit I apologise.
I didn't grasp the quiz at first (still not sure if I have) but found it thought provoking, especially that the UK would need to lose 54 million people out of 67 million.
Did you include territories when making these calculations or are you just looking at the independent country's population? (e.g.-when looking at France, do you just count France or do you include overseas territories like French Guiana, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, etc.?)
So not enough to make the list.
All the while making it a point about density.. which should be the actual measurement for such a quiz
Seems a lot of people in the comments didn't quite grasp it.
Of course, there is no such thing as "overpopulation" in my personal opinion. The more people there are, the better our lives all become!
Most densely populated countries by population-weighted density
Least densely populated countries by population-weighted density
And I guess only @ 6-7 million people died from covid.
nice quiz by the way.
If bocoker is a Brit I apologise.
I didn't grasp the quiz at first (still not sure if I have) but found it thought provoking, especially that the UK would need to lose 54 million people out of 67 million.
Population density is my favourite geographic subject and this approaches it in the most interesting way... Thanks for that!