▲ 107 ▼ Most popular country for young Europeans (18-34) to emigrate to (thelemmy.club) submitted 8 hours ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2 points 6 hours ago (4 children) Right, I keep forgetting Russia is still partly in Europe permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child) Some countries like Turkey are part of both Europe and Asia on technicalities. They straddle the border so they get to be part of both. Then there's Russia, where the population is mostly in Europe, but the land is mostly in Asia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 point 1 hour ago The European part of Turkiye is still about twelve million people as well, it's not like Russia but it is still a pretty substantial number of people. It'd be the 12th-most populous country in Europe if it was independent permalink fedilink source parent [–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 6 hours ago Oddly enough, so is Kazakhstan! By most definitions of the Asia-Europe border, Kazakhstan has a chunk on the European side that's actually still bigger than most European countries permalink fedilink source parent [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 6 hours ago Most of it is in Asia, but the part in Europe has most (75%+) of the actual people. Partly colonial population dynamics at work, partly the rest of it being Siberia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child) Some countries like Turkey are part of both Europe and Asia on technicalities. They straddle the border so they get to be part of both. Then there's Russia, where the population is mostly in Europe, but the land is mostly in Asia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 point 1 hour ago The European part of Turkiye is still about twelve million people as well, it's not like Russia but it is still a pretty substantial number of people. It'd be the 12th-most populous country in Europe if it was independent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 point 1 hour ago The European part of Turkiye is still about twelve million people as well, it's not like Russia but it is still a pretty substantial number of people. It'd be the 12th-most populous country in Europe if it was independent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 6 hours ago Oddly enough, so is Kazakhstan! By most definitions of the Asia-Europe border, Kazakhstan has a chunk on the European side that's actually still bigger than most European countries permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 6 hours ago Most of it is in Asia, but the part in Europe has most (75%+) of the actual people. Partly colonial population dynamics at work, partly the rest of it being Siberia. permalink fedilink source parent