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A significant part of China is a desert. Historically the population of China has been clustered along its east coast. That area is not that much bigger than Ge
by pavanky 11y ago
A significant part of China is a desert. Historically the population of China has been clustered along its east coast. That area is not that much bigger than Germany (if at all).
Look at this section of the wiki article for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China#Population_density_and_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China#Populati...
- maattdd 11y agoFrom the exact link you provide, if you remove the desert regions (Tibet, Inner Mongolia..etc..), you end up with 4,403,605 km2 (45.55%) for a population 1,221,000,000 (93.89%) and a density of 277h/km2. It is still 10 times the size of Germany.