For
a lot of time I used to read about the Gaza strip overpopulation, and I
used to believe that the overpopulation really is that bad.
However, today I read a blog about it. It's in Spanish so what I'm doing is taking the idea and writing it in English.
People always talk about how bad the overpopulation in Gaza. So lets analyze it.
The Gaza Strip has a territory (most of it urban) of 360 kmē. And Gaza city has a territory of 151 kmē. Lets see. In the 2007, Gaza Strip had about 1,482,405 habitants. That would be 4117 habitants per square kilometer. Pretty much. Right?
Well not really. Lets check some other countries.
Monaco:
16,620 habitants per square kilometer.
Singapore: 6,369 habitants per square kilometer.
Hong Kong: 6,356 habitants per square kilometer.
Why nobody cries over the overpopulation in those places? They are way more overpopulated.
But now to be fair to the people where all the conflict occurs, lets compare Gaza city to other cities on the world:
In 2006, it had 409,680 habitants, and a territory of 151 kmē. That would be 2713 habitants per square kilometer.
Pretty much. Right?
Well Mumbai, India, has 29,650 habitants per square kilometer.
Karachi, Pakistan, has 18,900 habitants per square kilometer.
Shenzhen, China, has 17,150 habitants per square kilometer.
But hey they all are in countries known for their overpopulation! Well not really:
Sao Paulo, Brazil: 9,000 habitants per square kilometer.
St Petersburg, Russia: 8,550 habitants per square kilometer.
Mexico City, Mexico: 8,400 habitants per square kilometer.
Santiago, Chile: 8,400 habitants per square kilometer.
Madrid, Spain: 5,200 habitants per square kilometer.
London, UK: 5,100 habitants per square kilometer.
Tel Aviv, Israel: 5,050 habitants per square kilometer. (Wait a minute.
Tel Aviv more overpopulated than Gaza? NO WAI! IT'S A CONSPIRACY !).
Buenos Aires, Argentina: 4,950 habitants per square kilometer.
Los Angeles, USA: 2,750 habitants per square kilometer.
Munich, Germany: 3,100 habitants per square kilometer.
Paris, France: 3,550 habitants per square kilometer.
Bogota, Colombia: 13,500 habitants per square kilometer.
Athens, Greece: 5,400 habitants per square kilometer.
Warsaw, Poland: 4,300 habitants per square kilometer.
Berlin, Germany: 3,750 habitants per square kilometer.
Glasgow, UK: 3,250 habitants per square kilometer.
Even the city in which I lived was more overpopulated. Ashdod, Israel: 3406 habitants per square kilometer.
The city in which I live, Mar Del Plata, Argentina: 6,816 habitants per square kilometer.
So how exactly is Gaza THAT overpopulated? One of the most over populated places on earth? They don't even have place to walk ! Well their definition of walking must be different from what I know, because the people in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, London, Paris, and Sao Paulo, are doing just great.
ye forgot to mention Istanbul..... They should do something about all those pigeons..... Gaza rules by the way, and screw overpopulation some Chinese guys needa reinvent condoms :haha:
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! Well their definition of walking must be different from what I know, because the people in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, London, Paris, and Sao Paulo, are doing just great.
