Asia Sure Is Crowded

A Redditor posted this picture to put the population explosion in Asia in a way we can all understand:

the world population

And here’s the math:

Little bit of peer review..

The World pop : 7 bil
So for your post to be correct, the circle must have more than 3.5 bil people in.

China pop: 1.34 bil
India pop: 1.24 bil
Indonesia pop: 0.24 bil
Japan pop: 0.13 bil
Thailand pop: 0.07 bil
Bangladesh pop: 0.15 bil
Pakistan pop: 0.18 bil
Malaysia pop: 0.03 bil
Philippines pop: 0.094 bil
South Korea pop: 0.05 bil
Total from above: 3.524 bil

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