The sizes of Philippines and Indonesia were a surprise to me. - 9000

^ how about Nigeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh each having more people than Russia? I didn't know about that. - earlyadopter

^ I totally expected it; I know that Nigeria is about as populous as Russia, also pumps a lot of oil, and also has a fledging IT industry! - 9000

There was a world map with a circle around India, South Eastern China and Indonesia, that claimed a third of the world population inhabited this circle. - when the music's over

^ I also remember a text that talks about a nuclear war between USSR and NATO, and an estimate that about 5% of world population would die directly in it. - 9000