I finally did my civic duty this weekend and filled out my census form. I noted with interest that this is the first time I remember being counted as part of the population of the United States. When I was young, we lived in Pakistan, so doubt I or my family were included in the…
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Good Night, China
Have you ever wondered exactly where China’s 1.3 billion people actually live? This image, taken by NASA of Asia at night, gives a pretty clear visual answer to that question. Image credit: China Economic Review
How Many USA’s Can You Fit Inside China?
I ran across this interesting map on the inter webs the other day. It divides the population of China into four different regions, each with a population roughly equal to that of the United States. As you can see, the issue in China is not simply that the population of China is so large (1.35 billion);…
Beijing – Bursting at the Seams
A couple of weeks ago, Xinhua News Agency announced that the population of Beijing was more than 21 million: Beijing’s population reached 21.15 million at the end of last year, 2.2 percent up on 2012, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics announced Thursday. Permanent residents in the Chinese capital increased by 455,000 since the…