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Russia's population is half that of the US, in twice the land area
by ajb 5y ago
Russia'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...