Other countries in units of America

May 19, 2019 7:12 PM

mkyner

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Population: 34,940,837

Population: 41,657,488

I think everything south of roughly Nebraska is desert.

Population: 44,694,198

Population: 23,470,145, and all trying to buy a house in Melbourne it seems

Population: 8,793,370

Population: 159,453,001

Population: 11,570,762

Population: 208,846,892

Population: 17,925,262

Population: 1,384,688,986

Also pictured: Taiwan.

Population: 48,168,996

It took me about 12hrs to get from Medellin to Bogota by bus...

Population: 85,281,024

Population: 4,270,480

One of the coolest-shaped countries, like a Needler from Halo.

Population: 99,413,317

Population: 6,187,271

Will trade for New Jersey.

Population: 108,386,391

The beacons of Gonder are lit!

Population: 5,537,364

May or may not exist.

Population: 67,364,357

Population of the country of Georgia: 4,926,087

Population of the US State of Georgia: 10,519,475

Population: 80,457,737

Population: 10,761,523

I think Sparta was somewhere in the far western bit of Virginia.

Population: 10,788,440

Population: 9,825,704

Population: 343,518

Population: 1,296,834,042

Expected to pass China in population within a few years. Stripped bit near Winnipeg is occupied by China.

Population: 262,787,403

More than half the population is on that one island running from northern New Mexico to central Oklahoma. The big island in the upper Great Plains and that thing in the Atlantic are mostly jungle.

Population: 83,024,745

Population: 40,194,216

Population: 5,068,050

Ireland's population peaked at over 8 million in the 1840s before the famine.

Population: 8,424,904, including Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Unclear if this includes West Bank settlements.

Population: 62,246,674

Giving South Carolina the boot.

Population: 126,168,156 and 1 Godzilla

Bullet train will take you from Tokyo, Arkansas to Osaka, Texas in about 2.5hrs

Population: 18,744,548

Smaller population than the state of New York

Population: 48,397,527

Population: 25,381,085

(Not really best Korea)

Population: 51,418,097

Population: 6,754,507

Population: 605,764

Population of the District of Columbia (the square-ish thing in the middle): 702,455

Gray area north of Waldorf is probably the urbanized area of Luxembourg's capital city.

Population: 25,683,610

Ports: closed.

Population: 3,103,428

Population: 34,314,130

Population: 17,151,228

Population: 4,545,627 people and about 30,000,000 sheep

Population: 203,452,505

Some projects have Nigeria passing the US in population (currently ~320m) around 2050, when both countries will have about 400m people.

Population: 5,372,191

aka, Occupied West Sweden

Population: 207,862,518

This may seem like a massive country, but it's right next to India with 1.2 billion people.

Population 3,800,644

The canal runs roughly from Pittsburgh to Panama City.

Population: 31,331,228

Population: 105,893,381

Population: 38,420,687

Kurwa.

Population: 10,355,493

Population: 2,363,569, unknown number enslaved building World Cup stadiums

Population: 21,457,116

Population: 142,122,776

Population: 33,091,113 subjects of the Baron Harkonnen

Population: 55,380,210

South Africa has three capitals. Their legislature meets in Cape Town, their president and executive administration are in Pretoria, and their supreme court is in Bloemfontein, roughly south-central Kansas.

Imagine if the US Congress met in Denver, the Supreme Court met in Kansas City, and the President and the departments were in Chicago.

Population: 49,331,076

Population: 10,040,995

That's a lot of vikings.

Population: 8,292,809

I wish Maryland had scenery like that...

Population: 19,454,263, unclear how this factors in the refugee situation, if at all.

Much of the western 2/3rds is desert.

Population: 68,615,858

Traveling by train from Chiang Mai to the southern border near Jacksonville took about two days, with a transfer in Bangkok, but it was well worth the time

Population: 81,257,239

*Constantinople

Population: 43,952,299

IIRC, the Russian-occupied part in the east is roughly New Jersey, Delaware, and a bit of Pennsylvania.

Population: 9,701,315

Population: 65,105,246

Population: 1,000

aka Holy See

Population: 31,689,176, unclear how many are still in Venezuela

Population: 97,040,334

Hartford, CT has enough problems without being in Afghanistan...

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Ouu... Taiwanese ppl aren't gonna like that you put them in the same map as China.

6 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 1

But I enjoyed every minute!

6 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

another way of looking at it

6 years ago | Likes 36 Dislikes 1

I got to Sweden before I realized the countries were in alphabetical order.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

No wonder Iran is considered a threat, THEY'RE RIGHT ON TOP OF US!!

6 years ago | Likes 57 Dislikes 2

This is actually really insightful. Thank you @op

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I know Alaska is part of the US so it wouldn’t be on this map list, but I wish it was to show people just how big it is (I’m from AK)

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Brazil, almost same size as US: 200+ million. Bangladesh, barely the size of PA: 150+ million. Lord have mercy

6 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

You'll never feel lonely in Bangladesh

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

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6 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Us is big

6 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

Yes, we is.

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

«Occupied West Sweden»!? v

6 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Historically correct ;)

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Thank goodness there is a banana republic for scale or I would be completely lost.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Why did they not put Georgia in Georgia?

6 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 1

They put Texas in Texas though

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

How much does each one weigh?

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

At least three.

6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

This is why I don’t listen to those who say “It works in our country, why not yours?” Aside from Australia and Canada, none are the same...

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 2

...size as the US. You can’t compare the UK to the US. You have to compare individual states to the UK.

6 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

https://thetruesize.com

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 2

That’s really cool

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Well it all makes sense now. Washington D.C. is right in the middle of North Korea.

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 2

I suppose it's waaaaaaay too late the mention this, but I did not make these maps. I obtained them online from the CIA World Fact Book.

6 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

edit it in!

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Are people in Chile always squeezing by one another?

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Damnit Chile... Why do you have to be so awkwardly long and thin?

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

The fatty rim to the steak that is the shape of the Southern cone (Argentina + Chile)

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

*Sigh* Story of my life.

6 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Chile just be like 'we want to be a country...but only the cool parts... just the beach...'

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Ima name my dick Chile from now on

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

What...no Denmark!!?

6 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 1

https://thetruesize.com/ (search by name of the country or US state)

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

As Douglas Adams would have probably stated: 'Mostly Harmless'.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

My source did't have a comparison map for each country. It described Denmark as "slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts". Sorry,

6 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

I was missing Denmark too.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Sorry!

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

#2 I'm from Fargo. Don't see us on a map everyday.

6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Just a video rental shelf....

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Same here…Fargo South grad!

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No banana for scale? Shame.

6 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 3

Thank goodness there is a banana republic for scale or I would be completely lost.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What do you think Japan is?

6 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

I had an argument online with a guy from Texas who claimed Texas was bigger than Western Australia, and Alaska but all atlases are "skewed"

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

I'm from W.A., Texas is fucking tiny.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I'm a west Aussie, I've also been to Texas and Alaska and he still wouldn't accept the facts

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Everything is bigger in Texas. EVERYTHING. EVEN TEXAS. IT IS THE LAW.

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

I remember someone said "big cow country here" and my mum said "the cows look the same size as ours though"

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Texas is the size of France. That guy is an idiot.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

But how does America fit in America?

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

Alaska for one

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Or how does Texas fit?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Poorly.

6 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 3

I was wondering about Canada myself

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

[Wild 'jazz' music playing] Istanbul was Constantinople!

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople!

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Thats what was means.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Now it’s a Turkish delight on a moonlit night.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Mild disappointment that Georgia is not overlaying Georgia.

6 years ago | Likes 1361 Dislikes 2

First thing I thought too. Missed opportunity here! #mildyinfuriating

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Im just glad they didn't forget Poland.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Or Texas Overlying TEXAS

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6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

And also that Ireland isn't overlaying Massachusetts...

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Definitely thought this as well

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Came here to write that

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I was happy to see so many other countries in units of Virginia.

6 years ago | Likes 41 Dislikes 0

The source is from the DC area, hence why everything ended up on the East Coast.

6 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 3

I would’ve liked to see the smaller ones inside Texas.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Texas is nothing

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Basically a travesty on par with WWII

6 years ago | Likes 154 Dislikes 0

This is a fantastic expression

6 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I'm disappointed that there is no overlay of Alaska on the mainland.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

True. Many ppl don’t realize how big it is.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If I was rich enough to buy a third world country, Georgia would be it.

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

US Georgia is a first world country, while Georgia SSR was a second world. Which do you speak of?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Have you been to Georgia? That shit is not first world.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nah, Warszawa pact is second world. NATO is first world. (No need for whoosh)

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Teach them to say Y'all

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Lol sounds like the beginnings of a good plot for a super villain

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

ftfy

6 years ago | Likes 149 Dislikes 0

You’re a saint

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

For the guy that wanted to see it reversed and then deleted their comment

6 years ago | Likes 81 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

so theres more georgians than there are Georgians?

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yes

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

#17 is wrong, it doesn’t exist

6 years ago | Likes 439 Dislikes 10

Im not saying you are right or wrong i this matter

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

PERKELE!!!

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Well, 50/50 chance

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Here's my non-existent upvote.

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 3

All the people there are Finnish with it.

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Finn here, can confirm, we do not exist. And even if we did, we'd be very depressed about it.

6 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

You all got lost in the woods, or is that just metal bands?

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I understood that reference. Upvoted.

6 years ago | Likes 74 Dislikes 3

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

According to some, Australia also doesn't exist, but for a very different and stupid reason.

6 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

What's the reason?

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Apparently its another lie created by the government....according to flat earthers.

6 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

But but muh curvature

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

New Zealand also doesnt exist on some maps

6 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

And that time everyone forgot about Tasmania

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Those devils!

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Even their own gov 404 page

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

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I did not know China was the same size as the usa

6 years ago | Likes 146 Dislikes 4

It's the main reasons mainland China is held as a comparison with the US for things like infrastructure and modern rail ways.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Quick search says they're both ~ 3.75 million mi²

6 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 0

Yeah especially if you add Alaska to this map it seems the US would be bigger then China

6 years ago | Likes 41 Dislikes 3

It depends on how you count lakes, is it surface area or not, that's how close the race is.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I've been generally under the impression the the US was third in both population and area.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If you don't count lakes as part of the area, it is.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And three times the population !

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Closer to 4

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah that was a dead giveaway for me on the accuracy here. China, and dear God RUSSIA are huuuuuuuuuggggeee compared to the USA.

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Typical map projections make high latitude areas like Russia look way bigger than they are, and equatorial areas such as Africa look smaller

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

China has practically the same amount of land in km² as the U.S.....

6 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

U.S. is larger than China. USA 3.797 square miles to China 3.705 square miles.

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

That's counting Alaska (still part of USA), they were probably just talking lower 48

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

AK is a state. Why would you leave out a state?

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Just because the maps shown are the lower 48, no Alaska or Hawaii jammed in for reference.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I thought china was bigger?

6 years ago | Likes 102 Dislikes 2

Depends on what you consider China or what China considers China

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

It depends on what you count as part of China depending on the disputed territories/bodies of water. For the most part there relatively

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

close size and depending on how you measure one can be larger than the other once Alaska is included.

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

It's contentious which is larger. Depends who you ask, i.e. depends if Taiwan is included.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Taiwan vehemently asserts its independence and AK is a full fledged state so....

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Regarding Taiwan, that's why I said "who you ask". China will include Taiwan in their numbers.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

China can suck a 100 year old egg ;)

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

taiwan is small af how is that even a factor

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The difference in size just happens to be really close to each other, like less than 1% difference.

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