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TiL that only seven countries make up more than half of the world's human population (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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TL;DR: India, China, US, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil. Aggregated percent of total: 50.4

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[–] unexpected@forum.guncadindex.com 1 points 2 months ago

Looking at that map....

Tiny little Bangladesh having half the population of the US in that little space in mind blowing. I don't quite understand how that happens.