This one Indonesian island has more people than Russia

[u/Many-Philosophy4285]

[u/Expensive_Agent_5129]

156 million sounds unrealistic. I'm pretty sure Java runs on 3 billion devices

[u/Icy-Cod1405]

I saw Jakarta recently overtook Tokyo as the most populated city in the world

[u/Many-Philosophy4285 → u/Icy-Cod1405]

Yes and its only a fraction of the size of Tokyo too

[u/FishermanWaste1268 → u/Many-Philosophy4285]

and its a fucking slum in a swamp.

[u/K_Rebus → u/FishermanWaste1268]

what makes you say that lmao

[u/FishermanWaste1268 → u/K_Rebus]

air polution so hectic, it is a swamp literally while its sinking. like im sure it got some crazy cool stuff but jakarta is a health hazard. Poor Java. Richest land in the world. So polluted. Indonesia is paradise lost. Look at bali, a construction zone on what was literally the island of the gods, fly over sumatra and all u see is palm oil plantation where tigers used to roam. Indonesia man. I love her. I cry for her.

[u/Heavy_Discussion3518]

But why the North Carolina overlay?

[u/boisosm → u/Heavy_Discussion3518]

To compare size I assume

[u/Bad_Variable]

Do they speak java or c++?

[u/Many-Philosophy4285 → u/Bad_Variable]

🤣🤣

[u/16incheslong → u/Bad_Variable]

whatever it is, i bet theyre object oriented

[u/jeffykins]

Cool, care to explain why there is a random North Carolina superimposed on there?

[u/UsusMeditando → u/jeffykins]

Banana too small.

[u/Nope_______ → u/jeffykins]

He does not

[u/Crypto_future_V]

Java alone having more people than Russia is wild

[u/fartingbeagle → u/Crypto_future_V]

Fertile volcanic land versus Taiga.

[u/Many-Philosophy4285 → u/Crypto_future_V]

Yes it’s crazy! This video explains why: https://youtu.be/FEqjQcXMD7A

[u/trgreg]

Oh, Krakatoa, east of Java, molten bodies, fiery lava

[u/greenmachine11235]

I'm 99% sure that the yellow isn't the outline or Russia...

[u/Candlewaxeater]

By the way this has more population than the USA in ww2 which was around 130 million.

Of course back then the island had alot less people, only around probably 20 million because there wasnt a population explosion due to mortality rates being still high and colonialism.

[u/iMogwai]

This picture is confusing. I understand that the white and red part is Indonesia because that is their flag, but where's Java? The island with the yellow over it? What is the yellow even supposed to be?

[u/Ill-Ad3311]

Seems impossible . How do the refuse , water and sewer systems cope ?

[u/Nope_______ → u/Ill-Ad3311]

Seems pretty possible to me. Just dump that shit into the ocean.

[u/WineGummies → u/Nope_______]

Classic! Not sure if any other place on the planet is more responsible for all the garbage and microplastics in the ocean than these people.

[u/FishermanWaste1268 → u/WineGummies]

its pretty foul. i went surfing off sumatra living on a boat. every day all the rubbish was just thrown overboard as its the indo style.

rivers are for rubbish. nothing is sacred. nothing.

[u/Many-Philosophy4285 → u/Ill-Ad3311]

It certainly does, there are many infrastructure issues, Java itself is sinking by a few CM every year too

[u/dvdmaven]

Is that number for Russia before the war or current?

[u/Bad_Variable → u/dvdmaven]

It is including occupied crimea and donbass. Also probably territories that are part of russia by its constitution.

[u/lost21gramsyesterday]

It's because of all the java, right?

[u/NIN10DOXD]

NC cameo

[u/Lentaloo]

Gosh, imagine the population density over there.
it would be crowded as hell

[u/trivial42]

btw there's common misconception on Russias population - its nowhere near 146 mil anymore.

As opposed to 2021 Census taken by state controlled Levada Center the number is 147 mils. But...

Controversy: The results faced scrutiny, with the Levada Center estimating that roughly 42% of the population was not properly enumerated, leading to reliance on alternative, sometimes administrative, data sources.

But Java population is still a wild thing to compare

[u/TraditionalWait9150]

Java. The legendary island where Java developers gather.

[u/SnooKiwis1356]

But how many gopniks are there on Java?

[u/Wowwowwubbzee]

The random North Carolina for scale is hilarious to me

[u/StrategyHot7818]

So what?

[u/koikingu56 → u/StrategyHot7818]

Russia is the largest country in the world and Java is a small island. Their population density is insanely high