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minus-squarexantoxis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoSo Italy, a mid-sized European country, has a population 1/5 the size of the United States? Why is that … surprising?
minus-squareBlack616Angel@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·8 months agoI 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: Size and population Population density
So Italy, a mid-sized European country, has a population 1/5 the size of the United States? Why is that … surprising?
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:
Size and population
Population density