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On thing that really surprised me watching his channel is just how empty all these periphery russian republics appear to be. I understand that there is economi
by DoingIsLearning 5y ago
On thing that really surprised me watching his channel is just how empty all these periphery russian republics appear to be.
I understand that there is economic struggle as in many other parts of the world. But I was really surprised by the general lack of actual people against the large swaths of land.
- ajb 5y agoRussia's population is half that of the US, in twice the land area
- enkid 5y agoAnd ~80% of that lives on the ~20% of land in Europe, making the rest of Russia very sparsely populated.
- brudgers 5y agoAnd a lot of the US is pretty sparsely populated.
- eigenket 5y agoAlso the US has five times the population of the UK, and 40 times the area.
- arethuza 5y agoAnd its not like the UK has a uniform population density internally - we have a greater area of peat bogs than built up areas: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/land-cover-atlas-uk-1.744440 https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/land-cover-atlas-uk-1.74...
- yorwba 5y agoMost of the planet is sparsely populated: http://www.luminocity3d.org/WorldPopDen/ http://www.luminocity3d.org/WorldPopDen/
- KingMob 5y agoAnd the population of the solar system is heavily concentrated on just one planet.
- burntoutfire 5y agoAfaik it's either due to climate (too cold or not enough rainfall) or soil not very conducive for farming (which is the case for Siberia). Populations explode in arable areas, which in Russia means mostly the European side.