Essays on Dog Genetic Diversity
Inspired by conversations hosted by Jemima Harrison
The purpose of this website is to host essays and information about maintaining viable populations of healthy pure bred dogs
The purpose of this website is to host essays and information about maintaining viable populations of healthy pure bred dogs
from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population
Relative population size is proportion of the total populations of all the "dog hobby countries" represented by a given country.
| World Rank | Country | Human Population | Relative Human Population Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 003 | United States | 306,234,000 | 26.56% |
| 009 | Russia | 141,833,393 | 12.30% |
| 010 | Japan | 127,630,000 | 11.07% |
| 014 | Germany | 82,062,200 | 7.12% |
| 020 | France | 65,073,482 | 5.64% |
| 022 | United Kingdom | 61,612,300 | 5.34% |
| 023 | Italy | 60,090,400 | 5.21% |
| 025 | South Africa | 48,697,000 | 4.22% |
| 028 | Spain | 45,853,000 | 3.98% |
| 034 | Poland | 38,130,300 | 3.31% |
| 036 | Canada | 33,619,000 | 2.92% |
| 053 | Australia | 21,730,255 | 1.88% |
| 061 | Netherlands | 16,507,024 | 1.43% |
| 073 | Greece | 11,262,500 | 0.98% |
| 076 | Belgium | 10,741,000 | 0.93% |
| 077 | Portugal | 10,631,800 | 0.92% |
| 083 | Hungary | 10,029,900 | 0.87% |
| 088 | Sweden | 9,264,000 | 0.80% |
| 092 | Austria | 8,356,700 | 0.72% |
| 094 | Switzerland | 7,705,800 | 0.67% |
| 108 | Denmark | 5,511,451 | 0.48% |
| 111 | Finland | 5,332,029 | 0.46% |
| 115 | Norway | 4,813,000 | 0.42% |
| 118 | Ireland | 4,517,800 | 0.39% |
| 121 | Georgia | 4,382,100 | 0.38% |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4,304,509 | 0.37% |
| 132 | Lithuania | 3,350,400 | 0.29% |
| 140 | Latvia | 2,259,400 | 0.20% |
| 150 | Estonia | 1,340,341 | 0.12% |
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