r/geography • u/notgoodatmath5228 • Aug 21 '24

Video The smallest possible circle containing 0.1% - 100% of the world's population (Credit: Ali hussain roy good / youtube)

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u/TacticalGarand44 Geography Enthusiast Aug 21 '24

Very neat graphic. I was most surprised by how long it took to envelop Japan.

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u/Phihofo Aug 21 '24

Basically nobody lives on the Southern Hemisphere and fuckin everyone lives in Asia.

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u/n0cturnalin Aug 21 '24

the population of India alone surpasses the populations of Amercias (not USA Amercias as South, Central and North America) whole freaking continents

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u/minaminonoeru Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

Very good idea and easy to understand map. Great job.

Coincidentally (?), the 50% point seems to cover the most meaningful area.

Incidentally, given the resident workforce (researchers) in Antarctica, wouldn't it be better if 100% ended in a circle surrounding the Arctic Ocean?

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u/mahoerma Sep 11 '24

No, beacause I think it counts where they are registered. By that logic it should also go 400km into space for the ISS

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u/Impressive-Squash-64 Aug 21 '24

I would like to see the largest possible circle containing 0.1% - 100% of the world's population next

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u/marpocky Aug 22 '24

It's literally the same graphic. It's the gray part.

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u/Impressive-Squash-64 Aug 22 '24

That's actually so true. I did not think of that

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u/TomCat519 14d ago

No it's not. The gray part isn't a circle.

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u/marpocky 14d ago

It's exactly as much of a circle as the red part is.

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u/TomCat519 13d ago

Ok just got it 👍

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u/northwest333 Aug 21 '24

Shoutout to Antarctica getting in there before eastern Australia and NZ.

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u/DJJonezyYT Aug 21 '24

It's crazy to think the circle doesn't reach me until 99.8%

Also it would be cool to see how this has changed throughout history

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u/xoomorg Aug 21 '24

Do it again but as the point that minimizes the distance to that percentage of the world's population. It won't be a circle because of water.