• s_s@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      The population of al-Mintaqah ash-Sharqīyah (eastern province) is 5 Million. Population density of 7.3/km^2

      The population of Switzerland is 9 million. Population density of 207/km^2.

      It’s SAND, bro.

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        5 months ago

        For a start, that’s the bit that is roughly the same area as the Lahsa eyalet, not the interior. Riyadh province, which is in the middle bit, has eight and a half million people. Add in al-Qassim province which is also in that area and you have ten million.

        But also, just generally… five million people is a lot of people. It’s not like it’s even a particular outlier in terms of density. The eastern province is more densely populated than Canada.