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Let's assume Norway has 5 million people and the US has 300 million people, and they're going to have a taco eating contest.
If every American eats 1 taco, that's ~300 million tacos eaten. If every Norwegian eats 30 tacos, that's "only" 150 million tacos eaten (30 x 5mil = 150mil).
If we're talking about total tacos eaten, Norway "loses" the eating competition. But that's not really fair because the US has 60x more people participating.
If we're talking about tacos per person (aka normalizing for the population), Norway wins the competition because each person ate 30x more tacos than the average American.
So, which country eats more tacos? The answer depends if you're counting total number of tacos eaten, or average number of tacos eaten per person (aka per capita).
I would take on the whole of Norway in a taco eating competition as long as I can choose the tacos.
I wouldn't win, but I'd get as many tacos as I wanted.
Thank you :)