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> The platform has been blocked in the country of 220 million since the end of last month. Actually, 203 million. The 2018 estimate was 214 million, which was

> The platform has been blocked in the country of 220 million since the end of last month. Actually, 203 million. The 2018 estimate was 214 million, which was corrected in the 2022 census. Kinda crazy that it was overestimated by 11M.

VancouverMan 2y ago
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vitorgrs 2y ago
Well... the estimation for 2024 [1] is 212 million... So it seems very likely that the 2022 census was also wrong (there was budget cuts on the institute who do the census, and it had several problems on doing it). This was a big discussion here... ¹https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/agencia-noticias/2012-agencia-de-noticias/noticias/41111-populacao-estimada-do-pais-chega-a-212-6-milhoes-de-habitantes-em-2024 https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/agencia-noticias/2012-...
piva00 2y ago
2022 census had lots of issues, IBGE (Brazil's statistics institute) was underfunded due to Bolsonaro's policies.