Of the 756,500 in the Americas, the US took in 638,000 refugees only, NOT counting all the legal immigrants, and illegal immigrants who have come here. That's why I asked about the numbers of legal and illegals who come to the European countries as well.
I found an interesting comparison of the land mass and population size between Europe and the US...It is interesting to note that Canada has nearly the same land mass, and comparatively few people. Europe has nearly twice as many people as does the US. HOWEVER, Europe has many more countries than does all of the Americas in the Western Hemisphere.
Could this mean that Europe as a whole should pay MORE for controlling terrorism according to their population, since they have twice as many people?
What is interesting is that while the land mass of Europe and the US is similar, the population size is quite a bit different.
ga.gov.au
Whilst the areas of Canada and the United States are similar to Europe, their populations are markedly smaller, by factors of eighteen (3 persons per km2) and two (29 persons per km2) respectively. Australia is not far behind in size, but its population compared to Europe is 30 times smaller. Japan's population density is 336 persons per km2 and the United Kingdom's is 244 persons per km2, compared to Australia's 2.5 persons per km2.
An interesting comparison between the countries in the table is the ratio of the amount of arable land to population, which provides some insight into the possible environmental stresses being exerted on their landscapes.
COUNTRY AREA (km2) ARABLE LAND (%) ARABLE LAND (km2) POPULATION
Canada 9,976,140 5 498,807 31,281,092
USA 9,629,091 19 1,829,527 275,562,673
Europe Total
(excluding Russia) 9,892,923 28 1,606,081 582,152,017 |
