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Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing, 17 (224pp) ISBN 978-2-0. Large countries with a small population shrink in size – look for Canada, Mongolia, Australia, or Russia. I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust Livia Bitton-Jackson, Livia Bitton Jackson. Small countries with a high population density increase in size in this cartogram relative to the world maps we are used to – look at Bangladesh, Taiwan, or the Netherlands. It’s shown for the year 2018.Īs the population size rather than the territory is shown in this map, you can see some significant differences when you compare it to the standard geographical map we’re most familiar with. This is shown here as a population cartogram: a geographical presentation of the world where the size of countries is not drawn according to the distribution of land but by the distribution of people. One way to understand the distribution of people worldwide is to redraw the world map – not based on the area but according to population. That means they don’t always give us an accurate picture of how global living standards are changing. Geographical maps show us where the world’s landmasses are not where people are. Population cartograms show us where the world’s people are
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