Make Mongolia Great Again

So this is making the rounds...perhaps inspired by another authoritarian attaining power.

https://mobile.twitter.com/asiapundits/status/723781256148836352

It is just fascinating that although the Mongol empire was the largest ever, there are today only a population of just over 3 million in Mongolia.  They do punch above their weight in terms of impact.  Yes, the greater Mongolsphere is somewhat larger, but not in orders of magnitude.  It is hard to grapple with the actual population density, but it is possible. Just for comparison, here are the 30 states or territories of the US that are larger than Mongolia in population.

• Iowa = 1 Mongolia
• Connecticut > 1 Mongolia
• Oklahoma > 1 Mongolia
• Oregon > 1 Mongolia
• Kentucky > 1 Mongolia
• Louisiana > 1 Mongolia
• Alabama > 1 Mongolia
• South Carolina > 1 Mongolia
• Colorado > 1 Mongolia
• Minnesota > 1 Mongolia
• Wisconsin > 1 Mongolia
• Maryland = 2 Mongolias
• Missouri > 2 Mongolias
• Tennessee > 2 Mongolias
• Indiana > 2 Mongolias
• Massachusetts > 2 Mongolias
• Arizona > 2 Mongolias
• Washington > 2 Mongolias
• Virginia > 2 Mongolias
• New Jersey = 3 Mongolias (almost)
• Michigan > 3 Mongolias
• North Carolina > 3 Mongolias
• Georgia > 3 Mongolias
• Ohio > 3 Mongolias
• Pennsylvania > 4 Mongolias
• Illinois > 4 Mongolias
• New York > 6 Mongolias
• Florida > 6 Mongolias
• Texas > 9 Mongolias
• California = 13 Mongolias

And let's go ahead and do a selected international comparison while we're at it.  Uruguay is just slighter larger and Armenia just slightly smaller than Mongolia in population, and it is possible that some people have at least heard of those countries.  Bigger than Mongolia are:

• New Zealand > 1 Mongolia
• Ireland > 1 Mongolia
• Norway > 1 Mongolia
• Finland = 2 Mongolias (well, close)
• Singapore = 2 Mongolias (also close)
• Kyrgyzstan = 2 Mongolias
• Hong Kong > 2 Mongolias
• Switzerland > 2 Mongolias
• Austria = 3 Mongolias (almost)
• Netherlands > 5 Mongolias
• Kazakhstan = 6 Mongolias (almost)
• Australia = 6 Mongolias
• Uzbekistan = 10 Mongolias
• Canada = 12 Mongolias
• South Korea = 17 Mongolias
• Italy = 20 Mongolias
• France = 22 Mongolias
• Turkey = 26 Mongolias
• Japan = 42 Mongolias
• Russia = 48 Mongolias
• Indonesia = 86 Mongolias
• United States = 108 Mongolias

Let's not even compute the numbers for India and China - too scary.  Still it is intriguing that Mongolia has a reputation far beyond its population size, especially compared to a country like Uzbekistan, that few have ever heard of.  A good argument for reducing population density.