To sustain themselves, many nations adopt policies to raise, lower, or maintain their population levels. And while a country's gross domestic product can often help predict its stance, that's not ...

Traditional population density maps are coloured but flat, ... making up 15 per cent of the US population. Clear visible clusters also exist in Florida, Illinois, Georgia and Texas.

Considering Russia has the ninth highest population in the world, it is the area on this map with the largest gap between its population ranking and its population density ranking.