Poll: Where are you currently living? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by sjwright » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:52 AM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #201

Population (in millions): USA 316.8 Canada: 35.1 Southern North America: 176.6 Northern part of South America: ? Southern part of South America: ? ...South America: 387.4 UK: 62.2 Scandinavia: 25.7 Western Europe (excl. UK): 278.7 Eastern Europe: 176.7 Southern Europe / Mediterranean Europe: 153.5 Russia: 142.2 Northern Africa: ? Southern Africa: ? ...Africa: 1032.5 Middle East: 370.9 India: 1210.2 China: 1353.8 Sout…

Hacker News voters# per million:

                   pop/mil votes density
  --------------------------------------
  Canada              35.1   284    8.09
  Australia/NZ        35.6*  283    7.95
  Scandinavia         25.7   151    5.88
  USA                316.8  1817    5.74
  UK                  62.2   190    3.05
  Western Europe     278.7   363    1.30
  Eastern Europe     176.7   155    0.88
  Southern Europe    153.5    65    0.42
  Japan              126.6    34    0.27
  South America      387.4    71^   0.18
  Russia             142.2    26    0.18
  South East Asia    610.0   110    0.18
  India             1210.2   196    0.16
  Southern North Am  176.6    25    0.14
  South Korea         50.2     7    0.14
  Middle East        370.9    40    0.11
  China             1353.8    61    0.05
  Africa            1032.5    26^   0.03

# As at time of posting

* Australia/NZ population is treated as Oceania, as the original survey implied Australasia.

^ Combined votes for northern and southern regions.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by zizee » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:58 AM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #208

elyobo wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure where your numbers come from, but they're overestimating Australia + NZ by around a quarter. From Wikipedia, NZ ~4.7 million, AU ~23.2 million, total ~28 million.

I used Oceania, because the poll was implied to also mean "Australasia", which is a geographically vague term, but is commonly known to be very inclusive.

Ah, ok, I believe Oceania also includes Papua New Guinea and Polynesian islands, so Oceania is a bit bigger than Australasia.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by namzo » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:58 AM UTC

buyx wrote: post #197

"Southern Africa", by most definitions, excludes populous countries like Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Africa I think a better term would be "Sub-Saharan Africa": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa Also, missing: "South Asia (excluding India)", which would cover an area with around 390 million people.

I'm from Nigeria (West-Africa).. And while I agree that west african countries cannot be classified as southern africa, i also think "sub-saharan africa" is too broad.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by danmaz74 » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:11 AM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #209

danmaz74 wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious, which Countries did you consider for Western Europe, and Which for Southern/Mediterranean Europe?

I tried to follow Wikipedia as closely as possible, but stupidly didn't keep my workings. My starting point was the full list for Europe. From there I split off UK, then split off Scandanavia, then split off Southern Europe, then worked out a plausible split for the remaining western and eastern. For example, Czech fell into my eastern pile, but could have easily gone the other way... I didn't even bother trying to b…

Ok, thanks for the answer. So "Western Europe excl UK" is actually "Western Europe excl UK and Southern Europe" :)

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by andyhmltn » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:14 AM UTC

I live just outside of London England (Essex for anyone that knows) and I don't think I'll be moving a while. Apart from the weather it's pretty good!

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by praveer13 » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:15 AM UTC

icemelt8 wrote: post #166

In which category does Pakistan belong :(

HI! Indian here :)

You can come with us lol

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by aaronsnoswell » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:21 AM UTC

Fuck yeah ozzies.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by flexie » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:22 AM UTC

sjwright wrote: post #211

sjwright wrote: post #201

Population (in millions): USA 316.8 Canada: 35.1 Southern North America: 176.6 Northern part of South America: ? Southern part of South America: ? ...South America: 387.4 UK: 62.2 Scandinavia: 25.7 Western Europe (excl. UK): 278.7 Eastern Europe: 176.7 Southern Europe / Mediterranean Europe: 153.5 Russia: 142.2 Northern Africa: ? Southern Africa: ? ...Africa: 1032.5 Middle East: 370.9 India: 1210.2 China: 1353.8 Sout…

Hacker News voters# per million: pop/mil votes density -------------------------------------- Canada 35.1 284 8.09 Australia/NZ 35.6* 283 7.95 Scandinavia 25.7 151 5.88 USA 316.8 1817 5.74 UK 62.2 190 3.05 Western Europe 278.7 363 1.30 Eastern Europe 176.7 155 0.88 Southern Europe 153.5 65 0.42 Japan 126.6 34 0.27 South America 387.4 71^ 0.18 Russia 142.2 26 0.18 South East Asia 610.0 110 0.18 India 1210.2 196 0.16 S…

Not surprisingly it follows English language spread quite closely. The top 5 consists of English speaking countries and Scandinavia (where everybody speaks English as a second language). If the Netherlands had been singled out from Western Europe I would expect to see the density high there as well.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by cliveowen » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:27 AM UTC

fbnt wrote: post #163

danmaz74 wrote: post #152

You can't have a "western europe excl UK" and then a "southern europe". Italy and Spain are for sure in both categories.

Ditto. I clicked them both. - Cheers from Italy.

I actually checked Wikipedia and went for South Europe, that's what it says.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by Strom » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:31 AM UTC

kutakbash wrote: post #35

>Southern North America (eg. Mexico) >Northern part of South America >Souther part of South America Looks needlessly fragmented and imprecise. What is 'Southern part of South America'? Cono Sur? Then Brazilians from Minas Gerais and Porto Alegre are in different groups? Was that the intention? Why 'Southern North America' and not Central America? Where does Caribbean belong? Middle Asia (say, Kazakhstan)? Is Spain We…

I'm from Estonia and I had to vote 'Other'. I don't identify myself as an eastern european nor as a scandinavian. I'm from northern europe, as also classified by your linked UN geoscheme. [1] There is no northern europe poll option however.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme