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Population Density Represented As Elevation

March 23, 2017 2 Comments

Population Density Represented As Elevation

Map created by Marnix Hamelberg at Cartoma

The map above shows what Asia would look like if population density corresponded to physical elevation.

Perhaps one of the most interesting things to note, is that the Himalayas are still there, they’ve just moved south a little bit, as these regions of Indian and Bangladesh have extremely high population densities.

The major change of course would be that the continent would be more or less ringed by coastal mountains that would make reaching the interior rather difficult. And even once you reached the interior, most of India, Bangladesh, Eastern China and Indonesia would be difficult to traverse as they’d be covered in mountains.

Japan, which is already a mountainous country, would remain so but instead of Mt. Fuji you’d have Mt. Tokyo.

To learn more about world population have a look at the following books:

  • Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues
  • Seven Billion and Counting: The Crisis in Global Population Growth
  • Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence

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