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Population size of European Countries (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

IMHO, if you count Russia, you have to include Turkey as well.

Cyprus seems to have dropped off the radar as well (or is it considered fully non-Europe despite being in the EU)?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Then Georgia, Armenia and big nose

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The map isn't mine, but I guess the logic is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, it's the entire population of Russia. They only have 120M. Compared to Germany's 84M it seems legit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

As usually, the decisions to make such a map are totally arbitrary.

  • Gibraltar isn't a country, neither is Faroé.
  • Iceland being geographically in Europe is a farther fetch than Cyprus
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Keep in mind that we're notoriously bad at comparing the sizes of circles. (Which is also why pie charts aren't great.)

For example, Spain's population is more than 2.5 times that of the Netherlands.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Belgium and Netherlands population density clearly visible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Heh I missed it. Guess I should pay attention to the smaller countries.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

It took me far too long to understand that their placement was geographical. I kept trying to figure out what the X and Y axes were.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The dot under Spain is supposedly Gibraltar? Do they count as a country?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Not me looking for my country before realizing this is Europe.