Submitted by calbert1735 t3_10j4rsv in worldnews
3434rich t1_j5ip181 wrote
Are there really 220million people in Pakistan? That’s sounds like a lot for a country that size!
Hygochi t1_j5irba7 wrote
It's the Indian subcontinent. India itself now has more people than China. There's an insane amount of people in the region.
clanlord t1_j5j8qtd wrote
fertile land caused this explosion from many centuries. This is why china india pak bangladesh region is populated.
MostValuable t1_j5jdhcu wrote
A big reason they have more people is because they grew rice instead of wheat before globalization. Rice per acre provides almost 3x the calories as wheat so it can sustain many more people per acre of farmland.
Today corn is king which is why you see so many products containing corn derivatives
barath_s t1_j5kj75r wrote
Pretty much everyone in Pakistan lives along the Indus valley or its tributaries - minus a small percentage.
Grace_Alcock t1_j5k3ggh wrote
And competent centralized govt for a few millennia. Apparently more competent than right now…
SacrificialPwn t1_j5irj78 wrote
In comparison: it's about 25% the land size of India and has less than 25% the population size.
wastingvaluelesstime t1_j5iv8bk wrote
a larger percent of the country is desert and mountain though
GTA_trevor_original t1_j5jhk4k wrote
Egypt enters chat
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Startrail_wanderer t1_j5jvne5 wrote
242 mil overall
AmeriToast t1_j5m5yzx wrote
Just remember that more than half of all humans live in the south east Asia area. Really puts things into perspective.
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