Some will remember the 1960's wt & awake doom prophecies. One of them was that the world was simply getting too crowded for civilization to survive. The following report shows that taiwan and bangladesh are the two most densly populated countries in the world. Is chaos reigning there?? Of course not. Also, canada is a bigger country than the us, haw.
http://www.rense.com/general16/deadli.htm
Taiwan's Population Density
Second-Highest In World
11-13-1
TAIPEI (Asia Pulse) - Taiwan has emerged as the world's second-most populous country in terms of population density, behind only Bangladesh, an official from the Ministry of the Interior [MOI] said Tuesday.
As of June, Taiwan's population totaled 22,275,660, with the density reaching 619 persons per square kilometer, the official quoted MOI-compiled statistics as saying.
The official also cited the 2001 World Population Data Sheet prepared by the U.S. Population Reference Bureau as showing that Bangladesh's population density has reached 927.09 persons per square kilometer, ranking first among countries or areas with populations of more than 10 million.
Following Bangladesh, according to the U.S. data, are Taiwan (616.37 persons per square kilometer), South Korea (497.64 persons per square kilometer), the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Britain.
Mainland China was ranked 18th, with a population density of 133.76 persons per square kilometer, but the total number of its population has reached 1,280,600,000, the highest in the world, followed by India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Bangladesh, Japan and Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Russian Federation's land area totals 17,075,335 square kilometers, making it the largest country in geographic terms, followed by Canada (9,970,607 square kilometers), the United States (9,629,054 square kilometers), mainland China (9,573,952 square kilometers), Brazil (8,547,366 square kilometers), Australia (7,741,190 square kilometers), India (3,287,578 square kilometers), Argentina, Kazakhstan and Sudan.
Taiwan's land area is 36,180 square kilometers, making the island country the 77th-largest in the world.
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