"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

wrote:
Only 7.5% of the UK is settled.

I thought it was 5%.

Whichever - it's small.


It is MASSIVE

Compared with say the USA.

These figures are completely meaningless. You cant say 'only 7% is
settled' when you need the rest for airports, roads, farmland, parks and
the like: A better comparison is to look at density in terms of people
per square kilometer.

If you look at England, and leave out Scotland and Wales and Ireland,
you will find that it is probably the most densely populated country in
Europe, if not the world.

Yes. England is 990/sq mile.

The country ids the UK. There isn't much land at the bottom of my street
either.