Who knew? Bangladesh has more people than Russia

[Bob Of Burleson]

Russia may span 9 time zones and cover more surface area than Pluto as the world's largest country, but tiny Bangladesh (slightly bigger than the size of New York state) has a population of 156.6 million people. Russia has 143.5 million.

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[Bob Of Burleson]

(Wrong thread fix).

[Kiamichi]

And its population is projected to double in the next 30 years and it will still be one of the poorest countries in the world. People who think that the global population crisis was overblown or has been halted are misled by the trends in the first world. The population is still mushrooming in the poorest parts of the world.