The maps below show how skewed population concentrations are in various countries around the world from Egypt to China to Canada and the United States (at the bottom).
But before continuing I’m not exactly sure who created the original maps, so if you know please leave a comment and let me know so I can give proper credit.
Also the population figures are slightly too low for most countries so I suspect the maps are a few years old.
1. Egypt
- Orange Area: 104 million people
- Green Area: 1.7 million people
2. China
- Orange Area: 1.3 billion people
- Green Area: 91 million people
3. Russia
- Orange Area: 120 million people
- Green Area: 23 million people
4. Canada
- Orange Area: 23 million people
- Green Area: 13 million people
5. Brazil
- Orange Area: 174 million people
- Green Area: 31 million people
6. Indonesia
- Orange Area: 174 million people
- Green Area: 102 million people
7. Australia
- Orange Area: 20 million people
- Green Area: 4.6 million people
8. Argentina
- Orange Area: 28 million people
- Green Area: 17 million people
9. Norway
- Orange Area: 2.7 million people
- Green Area: 2.7 million people
10. Pakistan
- Orange Area: 185 million people
- Green Area: 61 million people
11. Finland
- Orange Area: 3 million people
- Green Area: 2.4 million people
12. Colombia
- Orange Area: 35 million people
- Green Area: 16 million people
13. England
- Orange Area: 31 million people
- Green Area: 27 million people
14. United States
- Orange Area: 291 million people
- Green Area: 46 million people
And finally one more as a bonus:
For similar maps also see:
Marcelo Machaczko says
Metropolitan area of buenos aires (13.000 km2) is about 17 millon people.