What if the largest countries had the biggest populations? [3500x1970]

MartelFirst · 2012-10-24T19:20:13+00:00

Imagine how fucked up the world would be if the peoples of the countries were magically transfered to the corresponding ones in this map.

I'd read that book... wait.. I declare copyright on that idea!

edit : btw, I noticed French Guyana isn't labeled. Was it taken into account in total land area? Should it be part of Malaysia, or was it not taken into account at all?

FirstSwordOfBravoos · 2012-10-24T19:40:19+00:00

It's funny how both Koreas border each other even in this map.

norway_is_awesome · 2012-10-24T19:30:26+00:00

Since when is Svalbard a country of its own?

thedarklordkyp · 2012-10-24T18:48:09+00:00

I like how Brazil is just right for itself.

unless_ · 2012-10-24T23:03:56+00:00

Not so equatorial now, eh Equatorial Guinea?

MCMLXXXII · 2012-10-24T20:51:50+00:00

I think this was made by taking the ranking of largest countries by Population and applying that to the list of largest countries by area. USA is ranked 3rd in both, as an example.

Aeroxinth · 2012-10-24T19:31:27+00:00

The title really should read "What if the largest populations suddenly had the largest countries"

soupyhands · 2012-10-24T19:20:56+00:00

Waitaminute. Canada becomes Pakistan?

Sounds about right.

angriers · 2012-10-24T21:57:34+00:00

UK is right in the middle. Of nowhere.

ronanmulligan · 2012-10-24T22:56:47+00:00

Good to see Ireland is still Ireland!

irish711 · 2012-10-24T20:30:25+00:00

Israel and Iran, directly across the Mediterranean from one another. Nothing bad could come of that.

opolaski · 2012-10-24T21:06:49+00:00

Bangladesh has certainly upgraded.

macros-the-black · 2012-10-24T19:47:10+00:00

As a New Zealander I'm not happy with being moved to Europe. No offense to Europeans but I like my backyard.

EyeAmerican · 2012-10-24T21:38:23+00:00

Mexico and Iran rub shoulders in North Africa, Germany's in the Middle East, India's the new Canada and someone is Texas is screaming about Ethiopians standing too close to the fence. Sounds like a party.

Apokalyps · 2012-10-24T19:53:12+00:00

Great, the dutch go from one naturally dangerous shithole to a even worse place concerning natural disasters.

speedyjohn · 2012-10-24T20:24:19+00:00

Why is there no country in the Vatican's spot, but the Vatican takes a spot on the map? Doesn't that imply that theres a missing country?

Iamyourpoptart · 2012-10-24T21:11:19+00:00

I think if you made the population of India move to Canada, they would all freeze to death, no longer need such a large land area and would move back where it's warm.

musclerunner · 2012-10-24T21:11:36+00:00

Isle of Man - still isle.

fernguts · 2012-10-24T23:02:45+00:00

As a Canadian, I am not at all pleased with the move to Pakistan. I suffer in the heat.

LaurelQuade · 2012-10-24T23:59:37+00:00

This was made before South Sudan became independent, which probably messed up the entire map.

Sarahmint · 2012-10-24T21:34:36+00:00

Thats pretty funny! Surprised Saudi Arabia wasn't that big and Israel was not a tiny Island. Actually, its FULL of surprises

BarackBrobrama · 2012-10-24T22:06:46+00:00

THIS IS SO COOL

Evermist · 2012-10-24T19:33:19+00:00

... isn't Greenland part of Denmark?

Reinfear · 2012-10-24T20:01:07+00:00

lol, Afghanistan is still fucked.

xxdelta77xx · 2012-10-24T20:45:04+00:00

Where did the Vatican go? The name of the country that is.

timmemaster · 2012-10-24T21:56:27+00:00

The Swedish are at civil war and no-one even knows anything about syria.

Vectr0n · 2012-10-24T22:51:21+00:00

I could live in Japan. Besides the earthquakes it sounds nice.

magister0 · 2012-10-25T02:38:48+00:00

Russia is now a former soviet republic

Also Macau is there twice, on the lower left and in the Caribbean

agurkmix · 2012-10-24T20:43:38+00:00

Lebanon is placed on Svalbard, which is an island belonging to Norway(or in this case Mali). It's like placing another country on Alaska or on one of the islands belonging to Italy.

throwmeaway76 · 2012-10-24T18:59:39+00:00

Macau exists twice?

triplestep · 2012-10-24T21:24:20+00:00

TIL the population of Pakistan is 176,745,364

eliminator90 · 2012-10-24T22:15:18+00:00

Some one needs to put this map in a game like hearts of iron.

aatdalt · 2012-10-24T23:07:12+00:00

I laughed quite a bit about Equatorial Guinea.

pimmm · 2012-10-24T23:46:48+00:00

Jaj, I'll be moving from the Netherlands to Japan.

hjrdmh · 2012-10-25T00:30:06+00:00

BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE A PAKISTAN.

areyoufuckingthick · 2012-10-24T21:11:59+00:00

Can someone point me in the direction of the new relocated United Kingdom?

inspirationdate · 2012-10-24T21:12:13+00:00

Newfoundland succeeded in seceding from Canada I see.

berkley95 · 2012-10-24T22:41:07+00:00

Svalbard is not its own country, it's a part of Norway...

joss33 · 2012-10-24T23:50:11+00:00

Where's Estonia

NeoCoN7 · 2012-10-25T00:04:21+00:00

Britain is screwed.

_Rooster_ · 2012-10-25T00:21:56+00:00

This map, however, is using parts of countries and not using some. That is disappointing.

GhostdadUC · 2012-10-25T00:36:41+00:00

Well at least we would have an ally on the border of Peru so we can attack those pesky Taliban.

Baberooz · 2012-10-25T00:48:40+00:00

I just went looking for Ireland....it took me ten minutes to find it hadn't moved.

magister0 · 2012-10-25T00:58:05+00:00

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xclapcorex · 2012-10-25T01:00:54+00:00

Does france still get to keep French Guiana?

MisterxRager · 2012-10-25T01:06:36+00:00

i give up someone please explain this to me i feel like a fucking moron right now

heyitschipz · 2012-10-25T01:41:37+00:00

Outsourcing to India would be even more ridiculous, they may even pay us to work

Rich_Bastard · 2012-10-25T01:44:33+00:00

Vietnam. I loled.

TheBrickster · 2012-10-25T02:10:09+00:00

This is really interesting. is the carrying capacity in Canada high enough to support the much larger Indian population?

juicy223 · 2012-10-25T02:24:07+00:00

Awesome map....very interesting switches.

marsamHearts · 2012-10-25T02:26:45+00:00

So US an BraZil stay the same

bcrimzzz · 2012-10-25T02:29:33+00:00

Anyone else find in weird that the US is in the same place?

TheifsTheme · 2012-10-25T02:51:08+00:00

Shouldn't India and China get their own continents?

kevsandwich · 2012-10-25T03:20:23+00:00

They should do this every 50 years or so

letphilsing · 2012-10-25T04:19:36+00:00

Are they suggesting that he second largest country in the world is Canada?

HmSweeney · 2012-10-25T04:37:23+00:00

I like this a lot better than today's map of the world! Traveling would be more interesting!

digivolution · 2012-10-25T04:52:12+00:00

As a canadian, NO WAY. I like my ridiculous amount of space, leave us be!

VE2519 · 2012-10-25T04:54:34+00:00

"Madagascar" would be a completely different movie.

inheritor · 2012-10-25T05:09:19+00:00

Canada being where Pakistan is would be impossible. Because, our hockey rinks would take up way to much space.

jerkdork · 2012-10-25T05:22:18+00:00

'Merica

pa79 · 2012-10-25T05:25:37+00:00

Palestine, really? At least more sunshine.

haddockcpt · 2012-10-25T05:36:37+00:00

Vietnamese Vikings.

That is all.

gtwy · 2012-10-25T05:45:10+00:00

Where is Britain?

thekoolestkidaround · 2012-10-25T06:00:16+00:00

Where's Ukraine? :(

motvind · 2012-10-25T06:01:18+00:00

Mali and Lebanon ended up in the same country (Norway), that's pretty fucked up.

hotpittsburgh · 2012-10-25T06:40:21+00:00

Check you out Ireland!

fradetti · 2012-10-25T06:43:21+00:00

Angola???

At least the vatican is now really really far...

Ken_Fresno · 2012-10-25T06:45:41+00:00

note the world isnt all that white. note white countries have very recently become extremely multicultural. speculate on how white the world will be in the next millennium.

packetinspector · 2012-10-25T07:11:48+00:00

Ok, where the fuck have they move Australia to...?

... ah, I see it, Spain. I can handle that. France might have been a bit nicer but Spain's not so bad. Still got us a good long coastline. Actually, now we've got a land border we can finally have our own war rather than going off to fight in everyone else's. Look out Malaysian France!

bjarkebjarke · 2012-10-25T07:24:54+00:00

We became Hungary?

Aw hell naw'

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