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Originally Posted by corporatejay
I think the map is showing the proportion of people based on the size of the country geographically. Since Canada is the second largest land mass, and we have a small population, we always end up looking tiny. It's probably not per capita, but per sq/km
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That's how I understand these maps.
Take the world wide total of whatever is being measured, get the percentage of said total that reside in a given country. Adjust the area of that country on the map to fit the proportion.
Or something like that.
It's not a per-capita measurement, it's a percentage of the total.