Varyk@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL Taiwan and Australia have the same population, about 23.6 millionmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-down1message-squareTIL Taiwan and Australia have the same population, about 23.6 millionVaryk@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechrisbit@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoI think your data may be old? Current estimates have Taiwan’s population at 23.4m and 27m for Australia’s. The disparity in density still stands though!
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoThank you! Heard it on a podcast by the economist from 2023, first search results showed Australia 23.6, Taiwan 23.4-7, and I TILed. Maybe the host was being loose with his numbers and my search results were coincidental. The similarity in population is still shocking to me
I think your data may be old? Current estimates have Taiwan’s population at 23.4m and 27m for Australia’s. The disparity in density still stands though!
Thank you!
Heard it on a podcast by the economist from 2023, first search results showed Australia 23.6, Taiwan 23.4-7, and I TILed.
Maybe the host was being loose with his numbers and my search results were coincidental.
The similarity in population is still shocking to me