Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to [Locked] YUROP@lemm.ee · 1 year agoPopulation size of European Countriesfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10
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minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-21 year agoIMHO, 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)?
minus-squarehumanhorseshoes@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThen Georgia, Armenia and big nose
minus-squareServais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe map isn’t mine, but I guess the logic is Russian population here is west of Ural Cyprus is geographically West Asia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus) They forgot Istanbul for some reason
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNah, it’s the entire population of Russia. They only have 120M. Compared to Germany’s 84M it seems legit.
minus-squareServais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoEuropean Russia counts 109M https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAs 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
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)?
Then Georgia, Armenia and big nose
The map isn’t mine, but I guess the logic is
Nah, it’s the entire population of Russia. They only have 120M. Compared to Germany’s 84M it seems legit.
European Russia counts 109M
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia
As usually, the decisions to make such a map are totally arbitrary.