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Population size of European Countries (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

IMHO, if you count Russia, you have to include Turkey as well.

Cyprus seems to have dropped off the radar as well (or is it considered fully non-Europe despite being in the EU)?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Then Georgia, Armenia and big nose

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The map isn't mine, but I guess the logic is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, it's the entire population of Russia. They only have 120M. Compared to Germany's 84M it seems legit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

As usually, the decisions to make such a map are totally arbitrary.

  • Gibraltar isn't a country, neither is Faroé.
  • Iceland being geographically in Europe is a farther fetch than Cyprus