Guess the Map VIII: Didn't Color the Island Countries

[Borachio]

What on earth is absolute population?

 

[W|M]

I think New York is ahead of Texas (and maybe California).

Texas is the US state with the second highest population, surpassed only by California.

What on earth is absolute population?

The total amount of people in one place.

 

[dido]

USA#1

 

[Kyriakos]

Western Sahara is yet again grey

 

[Yeekim]

Foreign-held public debt?

 

[Borachio]

The total amount of people in one place.

You know, I read that sentence and it makes total sense. Grammatically. Except that surely it's the total number of people. Unless you mean tonnage (which would be a very strange thing to mean).

But there's a total number of people in one place everywhere. So I still don't understand.

It's clearly not population density. But what on earth does it mean? Is it just something designed to make me feel stupid?

 

[say1988]

It is the total number of people living in each political division.

"Absolute number" just means it is the basic number. No modifiers, ratio, percentage, etc.

 

[Borachio]

OK. I can accept that. But then why is the UK coloured green and Japan not coloured at all?

Do you have some special meaning for the phrase "political division"?


edit: Ok it's a ranking. Hmm. I'm still pondering this.

 

[Takhisis]

Total amounts of population per state entity with its own Constitution, I'd say.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

USA#1

Must be morbid obesity.

 

[Borachio]

Wine consumption.

 

[warpus]

Amount of U.S. currency in circulation or use? Nah that doesn't seem right, but I'm going with it

 

[Kyriakos]

Is this about X as a percentage of GDP?

 

[dido]

Foreign-held public debt?

No

Total amounts of population per state entity with its own Constitution, I'd say.

Nah

Must be morbid obesity.

getting close

Wine consumption.

Nah. It's on a per capita basis

Amount of U.S. currency in circulation or use? Nah that doesn't seem right, but I'm going with it

Nah

Is this about X as a percentage of GDP?

Nope

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Number of morbidly obese people that use those motorthingies to move ?

Number of people that responded with "Maybe" in a survey that asked "If you were stranded with some other person on a deserted island with no food would you eat the other person ?"

Number of beached whales per capita ?

 

[W|M]

Number of fast food places per capita?

 

[Takhisis]

Diabetes type II rates?

 

[JohannaK]

Percentage of people who think their country is the best.

 

[Takhisis]

Total amounts of population per state entity with its own Constitution, I'd say.

Nah

That was about the previous map, not this one.

 

[dido]

That was about the previous map, not this one.

My bad



Nothing so far. Obesity is still the closest guess