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Re:Japan records lowest number of births on record as popula... by jacquesm on Thursday January 01, 2015 @03:05PM (#8824075)
Canada is mostly un-inhabited, and Japan is quite populous.

They're about the worst countries to compare in this fashion.

Canada is very in-efficient in the way land is used and Japan is extremely efficient.

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Re:Japan records lowest number of births on record as popula... by ghshephard on Thursday January 01, 2015 @05:29PM (#8824578)
What I was trying to (and failing to do), was highlight that the basic carrying capacity of each landmass is not in sync with the existing population. For them to be at parity, Canada would increase it's population, and Japan would reduce it.
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