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Countries Resized by Population in Southeast Asia

The map of Southeast Asia redrawn so that every country is the size of its population, all 338 steps from 10,000 BC to 2100 in 2 minutes.

The full videoCountries Resized by Population in Southeast Asia (10,000 BC – 2100)

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Our World in Data, joining HYDE 3.3 up to 1799, Gapminder for 1800 to 1949 and the UN World Population Prospects from 1950 with its medium projection from 2024, borders from Natural Earth. Before 1800 HYDE splits historians' estimates for larger old regions into today's borders, so tiny places get tiny shares, like Singapore with about 1 person around the year 0 and Brunei with 8 in 10,000 BC.

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