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Malcolm Weir Silver badge

Re: Pseudo statisticians

Late, but...

What a load of codswallop, @Aodhhan!

Population of the US (per census.gov) is 328M or so. The population of the most populous state (California) is 39M, followed by Texas at 28M.

Population of the EU (per europa.eu) is 508M or so. The population of France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and Spain are all larger than that of California, and Poland has more people than Texas.

Yes, the USA is larger (at 9.8M km2) compared to the EU (4M km2). But the USA includes some fairly huge areas of not-very-habitable land (deserts, tundra, mountains) so the "usable" figures are much closer together than you might conclude. But in any case, the EU has 50% more people in (say) half the area...

Wanna try again? Perhaps after you've done 20 minutes of research and cross-checking?

(P.s. you're right about that "isn't going to make you look smart" bit.... ).

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