More than half of the world's population lives inside this circle (and it's mostly water)

Very interesting graphic. We all know that there are billions in China and India, but half the world's population within a pretty small circle? Yep.



Thread on reddit: After seeing a recent post about the population of Indonesia, this occurred to me

reply to post by adjensen


Most people don't realise Indonesia has the world's fourth largest population, all crammed into about 2000 tiny little islands. China, The US and India have more, just spread over a larger area.

And people wonder why Australia is worried....

reply to post by 74Templar


Indonesia's not that small. China, India, Bangladesh, s Korea, and Japan all have higher population densities inside of that circle.

The number of people in this area make it of high interest in the coming decades. Will China become the highest regional influence? Or will countries like Indonesia, India, Japan, and South Korea continue to tie themselves tightly to the Western countries, who have retained a significant presence in the area despite losing most of the colonial land claims?

ETA: Something I've thought about recently is the high populations in East Asia compared with the low pop densities of North America. It may be beneficial for both sides to facilitate high immigration from Asia to the US/Canada during the next 50 years or so. I think North America could quite easily support about double what we currently have and for many of the poor in Asia a better life might be had here. Driving our Asian population higher might attract more foreign investment in the US and make it a superpower that is truly representative of the globe and therefore less resented.

One of the ongoing issues of the near future is American-Asian relations, in particular China. If there were a program in place to bring some millions of Chinese to America, there may be a higher level of cultural friendship between the two countries.

My opinion is that America's primary strength lies in diversity and this is an advantage that can be further enhanced. If in 2050 America has a pop of 600M and is up to 15% Asian, it would be seen much more favorably than is currently. The US needs to continue to build on it's ideal as an ideological country and move away from the perception that it is an historically oppressive colonial power.

Thanks, this is very interesting. Seeing global pics always puts my attention on how much of the earth is desert, and how stupid the human race is as a whole to allow even one more acre of forest be destroyed.

And no wonder Asia and India has the best food! Lots of people to come up with recipies and just the right spices!

This is why China and India are in the top 10 of total GDP but near the bottom of GDP per capita.

reply to post by cleverhans


There are some high GDP/cap locations in the circle. S korea, Japan, Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong.

Yeah, there is a lot of poverty too but India and China are eliminating poverty at a fairly fast rate. Much faster than Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

reply to post by adjensen


Very interesting to know!
S & F

Thats interesting.

Just like two aquariums, one with salt, the other pure, separated by a membrane, the salt will diffuse until its equal in the two aquaria.

Here the humans will diffuse out of that circle as they are now , and more and more, until they are distributed evenly throughout the world.

See this below:
Does China Plan To Establish “China Cities” And “Special Economic Zones” All Over America?

theeconomiccollapseblog.com...

thanks for posting

reply to post by adjensen


There is more people living inside that circle only because China and India has the highest population in the world with both over 1 billion each. So yeah I'm not surprised...maybe we should export them some condoms...

Originally posted by LastStarfighter
Thats interesting.

Just like two aquariums, one with salt, the other pure, separated by a membrane, the salt will diffuse until its equal in the two aquaria.

Here the humans will diffuse out of that circle as they are now , and more and more, until they are distributed evenly throughout the world.

See this below:
Does China Plan To Establish “China Cities” And “Special Economic Zones” All Over America?

theeconomiccollapseblog.com...

thanks for posting

I'm going to say that comparison doesn't quite hold up

Salt or other material diffusing through water has nowhere near the different factors involved that movement of humans does. Throughout human history humans have never been equally distributed over the world. The areas of high population density change, but there is usually always areas where very very few people live, and areas where many many people live.

I see no reason to believe that this will change anytime soon. Humans aren't just going to magically decide to evenly space themselves out across the globe. That's not how it works when it comes to humans moving around.

For one simple example of why your comparison doesn't hold up: People often move from rural, low population areas, into densely populated cities. Salt would never diffuse from a low density to a high density solution. People do.

Ask any Chinese person and they will explain that circle is the seat of humanity. You will get your ass kicked in China for telling folks humans came from Africa.

Originally posted by PatrickGarrow17
reply to post by 74Templar

 

ETA: Something I've thought about recently is the high populations in East Asia compared with the low pop densities of North America. It may be beneficial for both sides to facilitate high immigration from Asia to the US/Canada during the next 50 years or so. I think North America could quite easily support about double what we currently have and for many of the poor in Asia a better life might be had here.
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