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>world population is under 1 billion is bonkers,

Yea, that would leave the US and Japan with about half the world population assuming our counts are even close to correct.

>>pixl97+(OP)
> assuming our counts are even close to correct.

That's a bold assumption. States get more representatives if they inflate the population count: https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/congressional-ap...

>>e44858+Kd1
States aren't the ones doing the counting, though, the US Census Bureau is

>>e44858+Kd1
Given that Texas forgot to take advantage of this during the last election, it would seem the incentives are pretty negligible.