Link: “Why 50% of the World’s Population Lives in This Circle?” by Tomas Pueyo
Over 50% of the world’s population is concentrated in a cluster of countries spanning from Pakistan in the west, to Japan in the northeast, and to Indonesia in the south. This article goes over the geographic factors into why that’s occurred – basically, why these countries have ended up with such fertile soils, capable of growing enough crops to sustain large populations. I found it interesting 🙂