I have thought February would make more sense as the last month of the year. But I guess that's because I live in the Northern Hemisphere and having the year st

I have thought February would make more sense as the last month of the year. But I guess that's because I live in the Northern Hemisphere and having the year start right after Winter starts seems like a bad combination. EDIT: Apparently, 90% of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere. Source: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/563-pop-by-lat-and-pop-by-long http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/563-pop-by-lat-and-pop-by-l...