[OC] Did France have more people than your country in 1800?
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[OC] Did France have more people than your country in 1800?
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Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_in_1800](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_in_1800)
Tool: [Mapchart.net](http://Mapchart.net)
I’d never would’ve thought that the third option to yes/no will be France
Your map is off according to the data you cited. England and the “Holy Roman Empire” had a higher population than France in 1800 and your map claims otherwise.
A lot of those countries in central and east europe didn’t even exist. a lot of them were mixed between ottoman and austria monarchy.
This map is incorrect about Russia, which had a population of about 32 – 35 million, more than France (29 – 30 million).
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/population-by-country-in-1800
https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/19155/pesa487.en.pdf
This map is wrong. I see at least one mistake: Russia (No, I don’t support Putin, just tell the truth). I bet, it has other mistakes as well.
The UK had to invent mechanised agriculture because it don’t want France to win anything.
This is a weirdly convoluted way to say “France was the 4th most populous country in 1800.” You know the phrase, ‘This could’ve been an email’?
“Did France have more people than your country in 1800?”
“FRANCE”
A better question would be “Did your country have a proper census program in 1800?”
This makes zero sense as it depicts modern borders, my country (Canada) didn’t exist in 1800 along with many others.
Even if you take the view that a Westphalian-style state is synonymous with our modern usage of the word “country”, your map does not show the extant polities of 1800 with relevant borders.
This would make more sense with a map representing political borders at the time.
Why are you counting India as one state?
It should be Marathas, Sikhs etc separately.
Maybe one or two of them had more people but not all
/r/dataisbeautiful
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A lot of these countries didn’t exist in 1800.