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LVZ

(1,014 posts) Tue Jul 29, 2025, 09:53 AM Jul 2025

Russia, China, India, Bangladesh - did you know?

https://1-DOT.com/poplinks/Russia-China-India-Bangladesh-map-pop.webp
https://1-DOT.com/poplinks/Russia-China-India-Bangladesh-map-pop.avif

Russia - 144 million people spread across 11 time zones
Bangladesh - 176 million in an area the size of Greece or Wisconsin
China - wider than mainland USA - 1 time zone
India - just surpassed China as the most populous country

https://1-DOT.com/time-place-pronounce

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Russia, China, India, Bangladesh - did you know? (Original Post) LVZ Jul 2025 OP

This info is generally known, so what point is being made? Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2025 #1

... generally known ?? ... So, you have not actually met many Americans? Las Vegas Mixx Jul 2025 #3

I lived in the US for decades. DU is a cut above the US average. Not sure why Ontario and Quebec are mentioned. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2025 #4

Russia's GDP is 11th in the world. Swede Jul 2025 #2

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

1. This info is generally known, so what point is being made?

Reply to LVZ (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:00 AM

Jul 2025

Las Vegas Mixx

(324 posts)

3. ... generally known ?? ... So, you have not actually met many Americans?

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:51 PM

Jul 2025

So, you have not actually met many Americans? (or Canadians outside of Ontario/Quebec)

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

4. I lived in the US for decades. DU is a cut above the US average. Not sure why Ontario and Quebec are mentioned.

Reply to Las Vegas Mixx (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 02:33 PM

Jul 2025

Canadian geographic knowledge is fairly evenly distributed.

But I'll take your motive as wanting to be informative and I applaud that.

Swede

(40,093 posts)

2. Russia's GDP is 11th in the world.

Reply to LVZ (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:01 AM

Jul 2025

Behind Canada and Italy.

Here are a couple of sources for that.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/by-gdp

https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-by-country/

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