New poll lays bare Britain’s mounting economic despair as trust in Labour collapses, tax fears surge and voters believe the cost-of-living crisis will never end
Historically England was a significant European power yet much less populous than the great continental power such as the HRE, France, Italy and Spain. It was of similar population size as Bulgaria in the high medieval age. Through its adoption of early capitalism and colonialism, england became one of the most overpopulated countries in europe - its exemplified by the difference in the population of ireland and england today. Back then England had only around 1 million people more than Ireland, today its over 50 million people extra. So Ireland fell from being around ~40% the population of England to around 12% - and that is including the whole of Ireland not just the Republic of Ireland.
We should probably have like at least double the population here in Ireland but the famine and everyone moving out all the time has kept it lower
A lot of Irish people cope and go “there should be 50 million Irish people” but like naw it would be more realistic IMHO to be like 16-20 million or something in that range
Historically England was a significant European power yet much less populous than the great continental power such as the HRE, France, Italy and Spain. It was of similar population size as Bulgaria in the high medieval age. Through its adoption of early capitalism and colonialism, england became one of the most overpopulated countries in europe - its exemplified by the difference in the population of ireland and england today. Back then England had only around 1 million people more than Ireland, today its over 50 million people extra. So Ireland fell from being around ~40% the population of England to around 12% - and that is including the whole of Ireland not just the Republic of Ireland.
We should probably have like at least double the population here in Ireland but the famine and everyone moving out all the time has kept it lower
A lot of Irish people cope and go “there should be 50 million Irish people” but like naw it would be more realistic IMHO to be like 16-20 million or something in that range