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california is ~160,000mi^2 and france is ~244,000mi^2 (423 megameters squared, 632 megameters squared, metric), the population density, respectively, is 251/mi^
by genewitch 1y ago
california is ~160,000mi^2 and france is ~244,000mi^2 (423 megameters squared, 632 megameters squared, metric), the population density, respectively, is 251/mi^2 and 281/mi^2. You're comparing an entire country to a single state (2% of the US states, in fact.)
I like to point stuff like this out whenever someone compares an entire EU country to some US state.
note: i edited the france density, as i did accidentally transcribe the wrong value. France is slightly denser per sqkm.
- conradev 1y agoThat particular US state has a GDP larger than that entire EU country.
- genewitch 1y agowell, 400 billion less (USD, i think), but like 2/3rds the population. California $4.1trillion 39mm pop; france $4.5trillion 66mm/68mm pop.
- rkomorn 1y agoAre you sure about your numbers? It seems like you're mixing density units. France has 66M people for 547k km^2, which is 122/km^2 , California has 39M for 403k km^2, which is 97/km^2.