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		dsp1234 on April 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: India will soon overtake China to become the most ... > The difference between China and Russia is 77x. The population of Russia is ~146.7M [0] The population of China is ~1,403M (~1.4B) [1] This makes China ~9.6 times larger than Russia. The US is ~327M [2], which makes China about ~4.3 times as large. It's a big difference, but not as large as 77x. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

nickelcitymario on April 17, 2019 [–]

I based my numbers on the data in the article itself, but it's a minor quibble.

My 77x was about Russia and China, not the US, but you're right I had a "off my one" error in my math. It's more like 9.6x.

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