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João Curro
24/02/2025 12:44 ‧ 2 months ago | StarsInsider

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The current official count of the global population stands at 8.2 billion. However, a new way of estimating rural populations has been discovered, and has revealed that we may have been vastly undercounting people who live in these areas.

Understanding the population of rural areas can be difficult, but there are also many surprises in cities, too. Some unassuming small places have a very high number of people per square mile/kilometer, while some populous cities are not as dense as they seem.Curious? Click through to learn some fascinating facts about population density.

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