To help people better visualize the population distribution, stat chronicler Visual Capitalist reimagined a U.S. map that scales states according to population figures pulled from the Census ...

it is the area on this map with the largest gap between its population ranking and its population density ranking. India and ...

as people left cities in an attempt to avoid areas of high population density, where contracting COVID was more likely. More people lived rurally or stayed with relatives outside of major cities ...

Map of countries in Africa with background shading indicating approximate relative density of human populations (data from the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project) Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!