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The USA (including Alaska) has about 3 times the land area of India, so India has about 4 times the population on 1/3 the land, or 12 times the population densi
by Someone 4y ago
The USA (including Alaska) has about 3 times the land area of India, so India has about 4 times the population on 1/3 the land, or 12 times the population density, but I don’t think even that implies India cannot support its own population.
Their GDP per capita is about 1/30th of that of the USA, or about 2/5 of that of the USA per km², and I think that’s a better way to approximate land needed than raw population size.
- snacktaster 4y agoNobody includes Alaska in these calculations because 80% of it us uninhabitable. I was only talking about the lower-48.
- Someone 4y agoEven that part is about twice the area of India.