• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    4 days ago

    so they protested at a shocking 1/10 per capita. significantly lower

    edit: I can’t read?

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 days ago

      No, they protested at the similar rate per capita. Just fewer people per square kilometer.

      France is nearly 550,000 square kilometers in size. The US is nearly 10 million square kilometers in size.

      France has about 125 people per square kilometer. The US has 34.

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        idk how I read that completely wrong. my mind entirely swapped “percentage” for “number”