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220 million the small island of java

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alone roughly the same size as the us
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state of louisiana is the world's most
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populated island with nearly 148 million
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people calling it home which is a higher
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population than the entirety of russia
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all crammed together on an island that's
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smaller than louisiana but what's also
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fascinating is that the circle also
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includes a lot of empty areas too it
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includes nearly the entirety of mongolia
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the world's most sparsely populated
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country where on average you'll only
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find two people for every square
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kilometer of land it also includes tibet
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and xinjiang within china two areas that
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when combined have a very similar land
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area to the entirety of india but only
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being home to less than 30 million
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people further the circle contains even
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more water than actual land which of
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course is empty and then besides just
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for the astonishing fact of its
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existence the circle has many other