The Most Populated Island on Earth - Java
The island of Java is the most populated island in the world. Java has a massive population of 151.6 million people, even though it is only a modest 128,00 square kilometers in size. It is just the fifth largest island in Indonesia and despite being only around 7% of the country’s total land area, an astonishing 60% of Indonesia’s total population lives on just this one island!
So why is Java so densely populated? And what challenges has this overpopulation caused to the country of Indonesia? Watch the video to learn about the same