bickster Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Not sure if we're thinking the same thing, but since the same question occurred to me too: Is it countries where [a particular farm animal] outnumbers people? It is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 28 minutes ago, bickster said: It is Would I be correct in assuming it's not all the same farm animal, ie I was thinking it was sheep in New Zealand but cows in Uruguay etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said: Would I be correct in assuming it's not all the same farm animal, ie I was thinking it was sheep in New Zealand but cows in Uruguay etc? Nope, all the same species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, bickster said: Nope, all the same species Sheep then I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, HanoiVillan said: Sheep then I assume? Yep, the nine countries in the world where the population of sheep is greater than the population of humans. Wales and Scotland would be on the list were they independent countries 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, bickster said: Yep, the nine countries in the world where the population of sheep is greater than the population of humans. Wales and Scotland would be on the list were they independent countries Interesting re Uruguay and Namibia (?), didn't know they were so sheep-heavy. Looking it up, and Uruguay *also* has (far) more cattle than people, along with New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Interesting re Uruguay and Namibia (?), didn't know they were so sheep-heavy. Looking it up, and Uruguay *also* has (far) more cattle than people, along with New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and Brazil. Namibia is pretty borderline, sheep only just outnumber humans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, blandy said: Capital City > n% (say 20%?) of population overall? Quick question for anyone: Which country has the highest proportion of its population in its capital? (Excluded as possible answers here are city states with 100% of their populations in their capitals, so no Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Vatican City or Monaco, and also no microstates, semi-independent countries or Pacific islands) EDIT: and how about the lowest proportion, with the same qualifiers? Edited January 25, 2021 by HanoiVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Quick question for anyone: Which country has the highest proportion of its population in its capital? (Excluded as possible answers here are city states with 100% of their populations in their capitals, so no Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Vatican City or Monaco, and also no microstates, semi-independent countries or Pacific islands) EDIT: and how about the lowest proportion, with the same qualifiers? Kuwait City. Over 70% of the population live there. A run down. Quote Many countries, like the US and China, have huge populations spread out over a vast area in dozens or hundreds of cities and towns. But in some parts of the world, the big city dominates. Edited January 25, 2021 by Seat68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Quick question for anyone: Which country has the highest proportion of its population in its capital? (Excluded as possible answers here are city states with 100% of their populations in their capitals, so no Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Vatican City or Monaco, and also no microstates, semi-independent countries or Pacific islands) EDIT: and how about the lowest proportion, with the same qualifiers? Wiki already did that Quote List of national capitals by population Just order them in ascending order from the last column Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Seat68 said: Kuwait City. Over 70% of the population live there. 34.7% according to wiki Regardless Doha is in the 90%+ bracket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2021 37 million bods in Tokyo, wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, bickster said: 34.7% according to wiki Regardless Doha is in the 90%+ bracket Wiki I think is wrong. Unsure where its pulling it from but other sources say population of KC is a lot higher than 35%, but Doha seems like a winner too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, bickster said: Wiki already did that Just order them in ascending order from the last column LOL yeah, how do you think I did this 'research'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: 37 million bods in Tokyo, wow City populations are always hard to measure. In this case, I think 'Tokyo' is being very widely defined as a region rather than a city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Those animal statistics are bollocks, I never see one of these cows or sheep down the shops or at the pub like people or dogs. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: City populations are always hard to measure. In this case, I think 'Tokyo' is being very widely defined as a region rather than a city. yeah, just googled for comparison - Greater London is 606 square miles, the Greater Tokyo Area 37m refers to is 5200 square miles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, a m ole said: yeah, just googled for comparison - Greater London is 606 square miles, the Greater Tokyo Area 37m refers to is 5200 square miles. This often comes up in the Chinese context; when people Google 'biggest cities in China' they are often astonished at the population of Chongqing, but again it's a region rather than a city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: This often comes up in the Chinese context; when people Google 'biggest cities in China' they are often astonished at the population of Chongqing, but again it's a region rather than a city. population density is what always surprises me, areas of Paris are absolutely ridiculous considering it’s almost a 3-storey city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2021 Singapore and also Vatican City must be right up there? and where's that place that's an island, which is just totally covered with buildings and is a state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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