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[@coltonrichman]

Lived on Java for two years. The smallest 'town' I lived in had 1 million people. I also ate rice with every meal. When I moved back to the US I couldn't understand how empty everything felt and even said it didn't 'look complete.' I also was very timid to start driving on American highways again because I truly could not comprehend the speeds. Even now, over 5 years later, when I go to "big cities" like Houston or even Paris I'm wondering where all the people are. Edit: ❤ Indonesia, debar jantungku

[@muhammadihsan4896]

where did you live in here before? in my town right now in malang ive seen like a lot of foreigners in here

[@hirokazemistral]

As us Indonesians would say, "If you haven't had rice, you haven't eaten at all!"

[@redpool1141]

I hope you really do enjoy the time you spent here, Colton 🥰

[@coltonrichman]

@@muhammadihsan4896 I lived in Bekasi, Surabaya, Jakarta, and Bogor.

[@coltonrichman]

@@redpool1141 I did. 😊 Saya sangat mengasihi Indonesia dan orang2nya

[@nenenindonu]

The bizarre population densities in some parts of the Indian subcontinent and the East Indies are truely unbelievable

[@Hunkie904]

Using condoms would solve the issue.

[@briantarigan7685]

Java is much bigger than what you see on the map, calling it tiny is disservice to it's actual size, tiny is what you call the islands in the pacific, besides, Java is hella fertile and already have huge population since antiquity, even with the current population, You can still find many natural wonders, forrests, mountains, and even some natural parks, vast majority of the indonesian population including java are also living in the cities.

[@TrulyMorningstar]

@@briantarigan7685 No Java is actually small

[@bababababababa6124]

@@briantarigan7685 you keep saying this in comments but Java literally is small, especially for the amount of people living on the island, let’s be honest I kind of agree that calling it “tiny” is a bit of a stretch but still it technically is tiny when considering how many Indonesians are crammed onto it

[@donaldtrump2598]

It's like a third the size of Germany with nearly double the population

[@cabbage_cat]

As a Javanese and have been living in Yogyakarta for 6 years, I took all these things for granted. I have never thought volcanoes are so important to our lives. But it changed after I watched this.

[@boongboongan5971]

if u talk to the locals you would find how grateful they're for the volcano, makes the land fertile, keeps the temperature relatively cool, gives out best sand for construction. but on the flip side its very deadly, when its deadly.

[@meowdasia]

javanese sounds like a minecraft ethnicity

[@adityawicaksono2701]

Padahal pelajaran SD kalau abu volcano itu bnyak manfaat 😂😂😂

[@cabbage_cat]

@@adityawicaksono2701 as a child I was told that Mt. Kelud really affected my grandparents lives and we had to move house, growing up I witnessed the horror of Mt. Merapi, Mt. Semeru destroyed my relatives' house, we were taught in school that Mt. Krakatoa was the biggest disaster ever happened. It's really hard to see in a bigger picture when in hindsight, all there is just destruction, especially when you were just a child.

[@oxAkatsubakixo]

@@cabbage_cat Mt.Tambora, NTB is the biggest eruption ever happened recorded in human history. But human population wasn’t a lot at that time. And long long before that, there was a super eruption and now it’s famously known as Lake Toba.

[@Tavat]

Java is awesome. Yogyakarta is one of my favorite cities. Jakarta is populous but honestly doesn’t feel crowded at all. Indonesians are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Recommend visiting Indonesia to anyone.

[@rabbanynarukaya8342]

As an Indonesian myself, the thought of seeing Java having a very large population with limited land mass is mindboggling enough, until I look up India and they even have one state (Uttar Pradesh) that almost make up the entire population of Indonesia.

[@Spacemongerr]

Uttar Pradesh is twice the size of Java geographically, so population density is a little bit lower than Java. But yeah, many people!

[@user-pakshibhithi10]

@TheBorz Uttar Pradesh is the most densely populated region in India. Biggest reasons for that are poverty and extremely fertile land.

[@ytusersumone]

-Why do rabbits multiply so fast? -Because they're rabbits.

[@SetuwoKecik]

@@ytusersumone nope, because there are lot of grass for them to eat and their small size allows for even bigger population compared to bigger grass-eating animals. Do you even watch the video?

[@Spacemongerr]

@TheBorz Your sentence doesn't quite make sense; the last part is wrong. Do you mean that UP urban areas are more densely populated than Java urban areas? When looking at the whole region, Uttar Pradesh has a lower population density than Java.

[@ganangagung7376]

There was a centralisation policy during Soeharto era (1960s to 1990s). During that time, most of Indonesian resources went to Java. Therefore, almost all nation developments only happened in Java. This propelled people movement from less developed islands in Indonesia to Java. The effects of this policy still can be feel even today. Most of Indonesia infrastructure are located in Java whereas other islands like Papua etc has less developed infrastructure.

[@dcanedemboyz7431]

Greatest investment

[@RuneCode]

Transmigration program begs to differ. It was centralization of power and decentralization of population policy. Java has always historically been the population center in the Indies. If you ruled Java, you ruled the entire area basically. Modern day Indonesia has a decentralization policy, yet most people still aren't compelled to live on other islands either

[@lajohnson8588]

it‘s because of rice. most of the rice cultivations since Majapahit are in Java. China and India are also top producer of Rice

[@kosakata8632]

Wrong, java already highest population even before Indonesia born I think the video was correct, the key is tropical climate and active volcano that provide free fertilizer, cheap building materials and chemical material that make everything cheap. Plus Javanese and Sundanese famous for hardworking and hospitality culture that make Industrialization grow faster and elimination among ethnic groups low. It's impossible another island to surpass java population even in next 1000yrs except they change the culture

[@shivpatel5413]

Wait I thought you were talking about Minecraft for a minute there! Okay I’ll lol ok ✅ 👌 gotchyu maboi manpowers

[@Juwibrat]

I’m half javanese and grew up split between Surakarta and Australia. And the density difference is wild. Traffic is insane, public events are packed but despite that i still loved Indonesia. Neighbours were like family- in australia i barely know my neighbours and i’ve lived on the same street for twenty years. Little warungs (cafes) everywhere in indo - in australia i need to drive to get food. One of the biggest things i found is the fact that all the towns and cities run into each other indo but in Western Australia (my home state) you can drive for five hours and see nothing

[@taurus_x_cz]

I can't believe how well-researched your videos are. That's why I prefer your content over competition. You knock them out of the park by a long shot!

[@dickpole156]

Right !!! Because I'm sure your researching just how accurate real life lords research is ? And your comparatively doing the same in your research about other channels research ? FOH

[@cardboardhero2294]

@@dickpole156 I don't know wtf you smokin but I don't want it.

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

Are you serious?? What proof do you have that this is well researched material? 🤣 The only thing you can positively say is that you find these videos entertaining - not well researched. But please don’t lie and tell us that you have done some critical research yourself and compared the veracity and accuracy of Real Life Lore to other channels. Because it is just not true, no matter how you try to convince us🤦🏻‍♀️ You would be more credible, if you said nothing, because the rest of us that actually, do you make the effort, I laughing at you for your naïveté and cluelessnes Are you serious?? What proof do you have that this is well researched material? The only thing you can positively say is that you find the videos entertaining. But don’t lie to us and tell us that you have done some critical research and compared the veracity and accuracy of Real Life Lore to other channels. 🤦🏻‍♀️ You would be more credible, if you said nothing at all, because the rest of us who actually do you make the effort, are laughing at you right now, for your naïveté and cluelessness 😂

[@accountthatillusetocomment3041]

1. rice 2. volcanoes 3. Java was not a urban civilization, and since the transition of a country going from rural to urban involves the introduction of revolutionary technology (vaccines, fertilizer) the population growth will increase tremendously during the transition period, but growth will permanently slow down. This also explains as to why Japan has less people than Java today. Japan became a urban country much earlier than Java, meaning it didn't have as good as technology Java had access to in the beggining of it's urbanization. 4. equatorial climate

[@widodoakrom3938]

5. Makings babies all time lol

[@paulusjosef]

thank you for saving 30 minutes of my time!

[@larenius1]

@@paulusjosef and absurd emphasizing of words all the time

[@trucutru3]

Yeah, this was a 5 minutes video extended to 20.

[@thomasjalabert658]

I wish I'd look at this comment before watching the entire video...

[@dagdammit]

The sound of Krakatoa stopped being audible at that distance, but the pressure wave continued at the speed of sound and was detectable by weather stations around the world- repeatedly, because the pressure wave circled the entire globe at least once.

[@robfortune6]

My scream when a lego made me Krakatoa was even louder

[@mpetersen6]

The pressure wave was detected 6 or 7 times. Mostly by recording barometers. A useful arguement to use against those modern idiots. Flat Earthers

[@pierrecurie]

Some of the larger nuclear bombs had a similar effect

[@narayanalee]

gaia = life shes always looking out for us ... destruction and replenishment ...

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him! True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better! Also, did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless him! Have a blessed day, everyone!! ❤

[@bandofbrothers5860]

I'm from central Europe and I lived in Jakarta/Indonesia for 4 years. I've been around Java Island a bit like Jogja but also visited other Islands like Sumatra. I have to say, in terms of culture & language it is almost like a different country. As a matter of fact not everyone speaks Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) fluently. For instance, a Javanese wouldn't understand what a Sundanese is saying (unless both would be speaking bahasa Indonesia & not their own languages). I also picked up batak language from North Sumatra, nobody in the capital city would ever understand and vice versa.

[@robihamdani5203]

As a sunda this is true, If i go to another province my brain blank i don't know what they speak and culture Not everyone fluent indonesia including me 😅

[@NameIsKyy]

because indonesia is trully gather many ethnic as you can see our archipelago ppl have their background story, tradition, and language. but we gather one at 28-10-1928 its called "sumpah pemuda" to make one nation, one language, and one unity wich is indonesia. and then this why indonesia ppl good with their tolerance because if we got many different cultural but still respect each other. thanks for visited indonesia.

[@mhow4967]

​@@NameIsKyy To my collection I heard of hostility toward Chinese ethnic in the 60s and 70s

[@teogansgans3580]

Jika kami (indonesia) ingin berbicara ke suku lain maka kami akan menggunakan bahasa nasional, yaitu bahasa indonesia

[@xolovenya]

​@@mhow4967yes, because of the communist sentiment and the US supported that

[@TSUG0MU]

Went to Belitung last week (and my first time to visit Sumateran's area). Never, never in my life, saw such peace across the island of Belitung. Soooo few people, it was even fewer than rural area of Java, even though they had same vibes....

[@stc2828]

As a civ6 player this is totally understandable. With that many volcanos, the lands would have absurdly high food production. Each eruption might kill a few, but they grow back in a few turns.

[@marcjames2121]

a man of culture

[@nurjanahjanah5469]

Yes so true😇

[@niko-ni6ps]

Salute to fellow civ player

[@Clukay404]

As Civ6 player true

[@c4ezar]

but more population requires more houses, hence requires a new builder as well... also amenities problems :(

[@anotherdays9635]

Saying Java as a tiny island is such an understatement in my opinion. Yes, it is smaller than other big islands in Indonesia. But Java itself sitting at 13 largest island in the world. It looks smaller because it is on equator which is the disadvantage of Mercator projection. The living condition is not cramped as how u imagine Hongkong (except for some big cities such as Jakarta). We still have forest here.

[@mbahmarijan789]

yep

[@ibrahimbah1044]

It’s small bro, it’s jst the size of Senegal 🇸🇳.

[@anotherdays9635]

@@ibrahimbah1044 I never heard people called Great Britain as small island. So it is not small.

[@d-simpleexplorer9943]

@@ibrahimbah1044 senegal is a country bro... Can you imagine how TINY senegal compare to indonesia😀... Island is island, please make compare to other island..dont compare to a country.

[@jendralhxr]

@@ibrahimbah1044 Senegal is a country tho.

[@homomorphic]

Much more astonishing than this is the fact that metropolitan Tokyo has the same population as Canada.

[@benpuljak2304]

not more astonishing no.

[@homomorphic]

@@benpuljak2304 sure it is. Canada is the second largest land area and a single city matches its population

[@benpuljak2304]

@@homomorphic russia is the largest land area and a single tiny island has a greater population. so no

[@kanojune5754]

@@benpuljak2304 I wouldn't say Java is a tiny island.. Small.. Maybee, but definitely not tiny.

[@galaxiaknight]

It should also be mentioned that Borneo and New Guinea have a great portion of natural untouched forests, so yes they are less "productive" in comparison to Java regarding their size, but that's not necessarily a bad thing

[@fyurerys]

Russia - 165 million people.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

I was thinking that too, and I hope it stays that way. I know this channel focuses on humans and their history and endeavours, so sometimes he tends to gloss over the importance of non-developed land.

[@ciptapradja2814]

Borneo, untouched forest? Dude.... palm oil plantation and mining companies would like to have a word with you.....

[@leonardowynnwidodo9704]

Actually Indonesia only has a large portion of Borneo and about half of anew Guinea island. In the case of the latter, the only resources that the government collects are mined products

[@essereferrari16]

As a sumatran (java neighbor island) that recently visited java for holiday, you literally will and will always see people everywhere you go 😂, but it's not really a problem though because javanese are incredibly nice people and the foods there are incredibly cheap.. Also the infrastructure in java is more advanced than any other island in indonesia so that's why we non javanese sometimes feel jealous but thanks to the current government they boost up the infrastructures to all places in indonesia

[@ankokunokayoubi]

Meals in a Javanese diner (warung) costs around IDR 15.000 (about USD 1) The average minimum wage in Java is about IDR 2.000.000 (around USD 150), But of course not everyday people eat outside. Jakarta has way higher min. wage but the prices are also higher there.

[@fauzulazim2993]

@@ankokunokayoubi Don't forget Nasi megono in Central Java the price is still IDR 3,000 (USD 0.2) if u speak like a Javanese and IDR 5,000 if u speak Bahasa or Jakarta's people 😁

[@randomstuff5333]

Menurutku sih kalo Sumatra udah full tersambung toll mungkin selanjutnya akan dibangun jembatan penghubung Pulau Sumatra dan jawa

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@randomstuff5333 Harus sumatra n Jawa tersambung, dahulu pemerinth Malaysia mau bgn jmbtn riau-melaka, tp Jakarta GA ijin, lihat jmbtn Singapore n johor, maju, ekonomi, wisata, kerjaan byk. lagian budaya n arsitekutur melayu melaka, riau, johor, Kepri n jmbi mirip

[@radenakbar]

Not sure why but I prefer the Sumatra Indomie seasoning compared to the Java one...

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

Believe me if you live in or travel to the island of Java, you’ll certainly not feel that it is a tiny island. It’s bigger and wider than it looks.

[@mrconfusion87]

Oh yeah! Having done the Jakarta to Banyuwangi road journey before, what you say is true! However, what strikes me about Java is just how surprisingly well done land management is in the said island. The only way you know that the island is crowded is because it is very rare to see a stretch where you won't see another person, vehicle or house...

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

@@mrconfusion87 true. Railway infrastructure in Java is pretty decent. You would not see overcrowded or overloaded trains where people sit above the train wagons or hanging outside the doors like those in Bangladesh. This is despite Java and Bangladesh has similar population and population density.

[@haikalmiftah2529]

@@mrconfusion87 Also lack of highways that have more than 4 lane for each side (8 lane in total) due to simply no more rooms to expand (a mountainous terrain in the south, and overcrowded settlement in the north), which would cost million of dollars just to expansion of few kilometers of it. Most of toll road here just 6-lane wide in total (3-lane wide on each side).

[@Oneiroi0]

Yep, 2 hours of travel (Yogya solo) actually have over 100km distance

[@noefvon]

@@haikalmiftah2529 lebih mending begitu sedikit lajur tapi tranportasi umum harus ditingkatkan, jangan kayak amerika nambah banyak lajur tetep aja padat

[@FilmcastentertainmentBlogspot]

Your narrations dynamic is very engaging and factual. The educational and informative value is immense, specially for me, an history and geography buff. I wish these "trivial" topics would be shown to students in the school system. Knowledge is power.

[@_jaegerboy_]

I remember having an American online friend that visited Indonesia (Bandung my hometown especially), i will always find it funny how he freaks out that every food contains rice as the main dish 😂

[@andrerramadhan]

I live in Bandung, the capital of West Java and several months ago I visited the island of Sumatra, Padang City to be exact. And I saw HUGE differences between two of the major island. In sumatra, the roads are less clogged by the traffic. Compared to my hometown, it was normal for people to drive or ride their motorbike at around 60-70 km per hour, which you can’t achieve that kind of speed in Java because of the traffic. And also in West Sumatra is more sparsely populated so you still can see lots of dense forests across the Province. Secondly, the rice is also feels different, in Java the rice feels more “sticky” or as we Sundanese people of West Java call it as “Pulen”. Compared to the ones in Sumatra which happen to be more “scattered” but the rice went SO GOOD with their Minangkabau Cuisine. Indonesian Islands are full of surprises. It just feels like you’re in completely different country even if you only visit other islands or cities.

[@jacksonlewis3990]

Just use speed velocity also implies direction

[@TheGreatgan]

pulen is short-grain rice, and very difficult to raise beyond water n soil rich land.. thats why only japan, korea, thailand n indonesia had it plenty.. other places like mexico, india, pakistan, prefer to raise medium to long grain. nice to see so many fellow indonesian in wendover comment section. haha

[@minks4431]

Well because you choose the 4th largest city in Indonesia vs 17th largest city in sumatra which also much larger in area so of course the traffic is not that bad. Other things to note is good urban planning and public transportation can significantly reduce congestion. If you visit the densest city in Sumatra (Medan) you will not say so.

[@ridhosamudro2199]

>mention something relatable to the international population like road infrastructure >Switch topic to local rices +62 netizen moment

[@rae_48]

Padang emang rada terbelakang gak sih gara gara pemda nya kurangg bekualitas

[@skcyclist]

One of the most fascinating videos I've ever seen. I consider myself informed until I watch something like this and realize I don't know a damn thing. 79-year-old avocado farmer in Santa Barbara California.

[@orangejackcaroline1808]

Respect for you Sir. Such humble words

[@nagasakihirosima8603]

come visit indonesia,as a farmer you can imagine "just throw a seed and its become a big tree"...

[@caniwasteallyourtimeherein9728]

Hope your Avocado farm grows in prosperity sir.

[@titoharimurti8363]

Back in 80's we all in Java used to saw a soap opera called Santa Barbara sir, I wish I could go there someday

[@aiiis3309]

Wish u a happy life sir

[@Articulate99]

Always interesting, thank you.

[@kf9346]

I lived in Jakarta as kid for 4 years because my dad was transferred there. On e of our many awesome holidays in Indonesia sticks out to me as an adult--a week staying in rustic beach huts on islands just off the north coast of Java. Getting up every morning and spending the entire day playing in the ocean with massive Krakatoa looing on the horizon. Beach sands black as coal from that last devastating eruption. As a kid, the fear of an eruption was very exciting. Didn't appreciate it at the time, but now one of my bets memories.

[@localman9063]

I asked this exact question on Reddit a while back and got very little and disappointing responses. The question really bothered me for a while. So to have one of my favorite KZbinrs answer it in detail is quite the blessing.

[@autohmae]

Maybe he's actually on Reddit too 🙂

[@icery59]

To be fair though, reddit is blocked in indonesia so dont expect much of an answer, doesnt mean we cant bypass it though ;)

[@LaVaZ000]

Maybe because you asked the question on Reddit.

[@AyedYoutube]

You asked reddit, 80% of the answer will be the same cheap reddit humor that you see in every subreddit to farm karma

[@shahrukhkhan8307]

I am pretty sure that they would have brought the topic of Javanese being Muslims lol. Reddit is very toxic and Islamophobic place.

[@1000_Gibibit]

148 million isn't too shabby. What's even crazier is 15 billion devices each running Java. That's a lot of people!

[@circuit10]

I had to scroll for ages to find a Java programming language joke, finally found it

[@lofiboyID]

console.log("Hi, I am Javanese, I use JavaScript to take notes");

[@rizaradri316]

Hahahahhahaha

[@safrudinkurniawan3904]

I'm Javanese, and for me Javanese language is more harder than JavaScript.

[@mobaillegen5927]

Nerd... 😂

[@Gunawan84]

I born and stay in java. Cimahi-Bandung west java. So happy to life here. So much people to meet

[@nugrahabagoessoegesty7028]

I am one of Indonesian citizen. When sinabung erupted me and my family just 20-30 km away from sinabung we can Saw the dust comes out from the sinabung. And we still stay the night likes nothing happened.

[@Dfathurr]

I was born and raised in Java island. I remember accepting an exchange student twice. One from Poland and the other from Ghana. And both say that my home city was bigger than his capital. Something i lauded off given that my home city wasn't even considered a proper city (i live in Depok, basically equivalent of America's Harlem district. Part of New york but not really part of it)

[@Knight_Kin]

Harlem is a part of Manhattan and is very much a part of New York City. I'm assuming your analogy would be more like a city near New York that's large but not 'the largest' like New Haven, Connecticut or Jersey City, New Jersey which either border NYC or are right near the border of NYC.

[@DaxtonAndWyattGaming]

Umm ok

[@DaxtonAndWyattGaming]

Umm I live in Canada.

[@ericburton5163]

@@Knight_Kin Yeah I wasn't sure if they were trying to imply some socio-economic analogy but googling it, it looks like they meant Jersey City, Yonkers, or New Haven. But it is super interesting to see how the world sees the US, like how information in US movies and TV shows gets translated into other contexts.

[@shhshdonttellnoone6469]

ANYING DEPOK HARLEM WKWKWKWKKW

[@stevenf110]

I can't imagine what the area looked like during prehistory when most of the islands were connected and above water, and undoubtedly had many rivers spreading the nutrients and minerals further. I believe we have a lost chapter of humanity under the shallow waters around Indonesia

[@DecodeUniverse]

There are videos on the internet trying to prove that Atlantis (Plato's theory) was located in Indonesia when some of the three big islands were connected as Sundaland.

[@d-simpleexplorer9943]

@@DecodeUniverse yes, even Lemuria connected from sundaland to Hawaii.

[@fajarjauhari2196]

At that time those Island maybe still under water, thats why there is no single dinosaur traces can be found here, instead found many fish

[@ekosubandie2094]

@@fajarjauhari2196 you have much higher chances on finding dinosaur fossils on Papua than the rest of Indonesian islands since it was originally part of Australian continent though

[@khoironanwar1434]

That is Atlantis!

[@Vivthedocpreneur]

This channels explanation is always so spot on and interesting

[@workhardt2]

Fantastic video !

[@tsaoh5572]

Java really isn’t that small, it is just on the equator. All of Indonesia is insanely big. From east to west larger than europe (although not in total landmass)

[@PanduPoluan]

This. The misuse of Mercator's Projection for centuries distorted people's sense of size. But it's still quite small, and the population density is simply through the roof.

[@tsaoh5572]

@@PanduPoluan Not really that much smaller than the UK. But yes, the population density is still high

[@doujinflip]

@@PanduPoluan Right, if you check a proper globe you'd see that Indonesia would be about as wide as the continental United States, with Java alone being about as long east-west as California is north-south

[@dputra]

Don't forget that most of the area is water. You can't just drive from Sumatra to Papua like driving from west coast to east coast in the US.

[@YouOnUsPath]

its like London to Kabul 🤭

[@visuallap203]

I like Javanese people, the hospitality, they are very welcoming and friendly. The landscapes, volcanoes, beaches, waterfalls and everything else on the Java is absolutely phenomenal. I really want to go back to visit Mount Ijen once again.

[@lebihbaik7226]

go to lake Kelimutu has three color water and is located on top of a mountain located in Nusa Tenggara

[@ManiacMane777]

do you also like when they threw cigar and plastic package on everything? trashy people cant manage plastic but produce and consume everything was made with plastic package. seeing bantar gebang would change your mind 💀

[@marilizelegajuana8887]

Ive been living in Java for almost 9 years, I dont find beaches in java attractive except the beaches in islands of kerimunjawa

[@nativenugget]

@@ManiacMane777 its very true i dont blame u but yeah well thats the other side of Indonesia, i kinda wished that the people that lives here were more discipline and just better overall and with Indonesia rich of resources it definitely could and can be the no 1 country in the earth

[@nativenugget]

@@marilizelegajuana8887 idk maybe because of how different it is?

[@rahmatshazi883]

I have always wondered about this, thanks for asnwering this question.

[@agunglimowa1664]

as indonesian i think the most important reason is java's development so much way faster than the other island. Trade, financial sector, consumtion, education you named it and that makes thu city looked like the best option to find new opportunity thats way the island specially big cities in java dominated by non native javanese people

[@excuseyou1526]

Anyone spotted him using a town center from Age of Empires 2 at 11:12 to present the rice vs wheat example? Clearly a man of culture.

[@Kekszbelow]

Yes! I am shocked that many people didn't notice or say anything about it. Was a pleasant surprise.

[@anonnymousperson]

I came looking for this comment. I knew someone would have said it. Thank you for not disappointing me :)

[@eka343]

but the icon for rice and wheat is from CIV, truly a man of culture.

[@dimasakhmad8582]

Been a long time since I played the the game, so I started to remember on which game it is, and then I read this 😂

[@riiitch]

Took a bit of scrolling but found the person with taste.

[@michaelk19thcfan10]

1816 is called The Year Without Summer. During a disappointing, from the horrid weather, summer stay in Switzerland, Lord Byron issues a challenge to his entourage to write scary stories. Out of that challenge came Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and "The Vampyre" by Polynari, Byron's physician.

[@naseh446]

interesting

[@kieronparr3403]

Polidori

[@noob.168]

The "Art of Washab and Uwu" is also a good read

[@OverseerMoti]

Did you know that a certain painting featuring 😱 was inspired by mount Tambora's eruption (that caused this exact year without a summer)?

[@christianf4]

I wonder if Lord Byron's "Darkness" was born of that winter. Check it out if you haven't, it's one of the only pieces of literature to make me genuinely horrified

[@sahlahanifa8402]

indonesia: has the most volcanoes in the world also indonesia: is the 4th most populated nation, with its population mostly centered in the island with the most volcanoes yep, totally makes sense

[@MvrKhan]

I'm from Java. Thank you for the great explanation.

[@user-cc3ms3mh4h]

Short answer: Cold is more deadly than heat.

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

And there’s a huge contrast between the populations that can be sustained by humid heat compared to dry heat

[@aldifrpf1188]

Grossly oversimplified

[@gengen4082]

To be honest, living in Java… I want to experience snow and spring, I love cold more than heat.

[@oki7237]

@@gengen4082 yeah you will suffer there

[@txgarz3013]

@@oki7237 right

[@macc.1132]

Indonesian history is so interesting! My mother is from the Philippines, which "benefits" from many of the same factors you cite here. Both countries are incredibly populated. The Philippines is the size of Nevada, which has a population of about 4 million people, while the Philippines has about 120 million. Java is the same size as New York state, which has 20 million people, about 120 million less than Java. Both Indonesia and the Philippines are megadiverse countries, meaning the biodiversity in both nations are extremely high. Indonesia has many more species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish than the entire United States, which is about 7 times as large. Both countries are currently experiencing deforestation on a massive scale, and with Indonesia's capital moving to Borneo, it's almost certainly going to accelerate. The Bornean rainforest is the second oldest rainforest on Earth and is expected nearly disappear by 2100.

[@manavshah8335]

can you

[@salamandiuswestlife7729]

Birth control is a thing. So is education. Get it

[@muhammaddaffanitisastra5648]

Lima gang

[@manavshah8335]

@@muhammaddaffanitisastra5648 ?

[@ianhomerpura8937]

@@salamandiuswestlife7729 we do have it here. We even distribute condoms for free. But a lot of people are still having a lot of babies.

[@daycool4547]

Damn deep one. Thank you for the intensive explanation, you know more than me

[@GamelanSinarSurya]

Ive been vising Java since 1976, and found this video very informative.

[@jasodu1]

You forgot to mention one of the most important reason why Java has a lot of people beside the fertile land and large erable land. Java was a hot mess for a long time. There was non stop war just like pre-tokugawa era in Japan. There will always war of successions, and kingdom expansion. But still, Java produces rice in large quantities which they export it to many places in the archipelago. Even when Dutch started to get control. The last big war in Java (before world war ii) is Java war or Perang Diponegoro (1825-1830). After that, Java become relatively peaceful so citizens doesn't require to go to war. The Dutch colonial government become more powerful. The population then skyrocketed and it grow until now. The agriculture expansion also has some effect too. In 19th century, there are many forest opened for agriculture. They grew export crops for Europe market like indigo, tea, coffee, and the most important before the great depression is sugar cane. Since there are more land opened, more people spawned. Java was once filled with lots of rainforest now only few of them survive.

[@manlikeilyas]

@Raytheslay ok

[@davidcovington901]

Your comment makes more sense than this episode's script! Thanks.

[@dangerislander]

I remember the saying that if you stick wooden broomstick into Javanese soil that it will grow into a tree

[@teddieharjadi]

Agree boss.

[@aldifajar4620]

@@dangerislander that's true, I've been tried it myself lol

[@brianmessemer2973]

I’ve been to Java in 2007: went to Jakarta and Yogyakarta. Thought about all these things discussed in the video. It’s a very interesting place with interesting people.

[@harukrentz435]

you should come here again now things are totally different compare to early 2000's

[@brianmessemer2973]

@@harukrentz435 Thank you for your message. If I ever have a chance, I will!

[@herrybean4609]

Come to Indonesia again sir..

[@ikhwansaloot]

I'm from Malaysia, and I love Java. Been there few times.

[@lasbrujazz]

Yep, can confirm. Each time right after Merapi erupted, agricultural market always goes boom, even though I don't live next to the mountain, but right between Merapi and Merbabu.

[@Righteous1ist]

I always wondered why Indonesia's population is so high for an island nation. No wonder, because it has great soil because of volcanoes, rain throughout the year, and lots of sun. Perfect conditions to grow food year round.

[@harukrentz435]

indonesians dont even have food pickling tradition because fresh food and veggies are available all year.

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

@Mr. Riffian actually Christian population growth rate is higher than Muslim in Indonesia. In 1950, Christians only composed 4-5% of Indonesian population while today around 12%.

[@arthurmorgan2887]

@@harukrentz435 this is true. Indonesians always eat everything fresh. Because we don't have winter, we have no worries about stocking up for food for expected harsh times. God graces the tropics, especially the ones close to the sea. It's always warm, rain will surely comes, the sea will also give. Pickling is quite rare here.

[@harukrentz435]

@@arthurmorgan2887 yeah pickling was brought by chinese imigrants. My mom doesnt even know how to pickling cucumber lmao 😅 mind you pickle is a great source of vitamin C so i do making them quite a lot now.

[@roughysk9851]

Its a huge island nation tho, the area is 1,9 mill Km², with 280,000,000 people...japan as an island nation is also huge in population (130,000,000), the size of the country itself is actually far smaller than Indonesia (only ca 377,000 Km²)

[@curiousthought9867]

Borneo has three countries... 1. Kalimantan, Indonesia 2. Sabah & Sarawak, Malaysia 3. Brunei (a country)

[@widodoakrom3938]

Philippines: is that Sabah mine?

[@user-ge5ew1cw3r]

@@widodoakrom3938 As a normal filipino citizen, We couldn't care less. Our country is still a shit country if Sabah hypothetically actually belongs to us. Besides, it will just add another headache to our government. We'll just let the Sulu peeps settle that dispute while we mind our own businesses.

[@matthewtenorioduenas202]

@@user-ge5ew1cw3r Sa wakas, Pilipinong may isip.

[@nalen7320]

LOL, Sabah is own by Moro, not Malaysia lah... Wkwk

[@modap3000]

@@nalen7320 I have been to Sabah, from Kota Kinabalu to Kudat, and I have not seen any Moros there.

[@alexroob]

i'm Indonesian! seeing this and the comments here makes me happy... it's true how we were bassically colonized because of rich spices for countries that lack'em. the analysis in the video is kind of long... but it's very informative and interesting! i really like it alot.

[@DTailorUK]

That's great! 11:20: Age of Empires graphics. :D You know, it's funny, the book recommended at the end. There was a time where i went to the library and I didn't want to look disinterested in taking out a book. So I went to look around and it just happens that I took out that very book! I wish I had read it, now! Maybe, I will.

[@TheLilikprasaja]

Thank you for making this excellent video, as always! Shout out from Yogyakarta, Java. I live around 30 miles from Mt. Merapi. When it had a small eruption in 2018 I lived around 10 miles away. Everything vibrates and the sound it made like a huge truck parked in your driveway. The ash column was towering high, and it was only a small eruption. 2010 eruption was way bigger. It might sound scary but we learnt to embrace living near the danger zone. Yes it's populous, yes it's seems tiny on the map. But there are many "empty" regions as well. Java is packed with volcanoes so it has the most fertile soil in the country, so it can support so many people. But modernization turned many agriculture land into other usages, like for property and industry, both are very lucrative money for investors . This and the growth of population (and maybe some bureaucratic factors) make Indonesia import rice to feed its huge population. Some region are planned to be the new agricultural powerhouses to supplement Java's production, albeit this was tried since decades ago. The Java-centric approach since colonization era until today can't help but bring Java into more prominence. To sum up why Java has so many people: great agriculture, center of government and politics, most development and industrialization, and most economic opportunities. But the carrying capacity of the island is well limited. This is why the current government is planning to move the capital into the island of Kalimantan (Borneo), among other solutions. Come and visit Java, the people are nice, rich of natural and cultural attractions, and the foods are good. PS: everything is kinda cheap here.

[@Shantro303]

true

[@flade-]

Yea truly interesting and I think he made a video about that few months ago but I’m not sure , glad to hear you as a local commenting on this

[@disscusionaz5959]

I live at 35 Aire Street in Leeds LS1 4HT

[@antifugazi]

My friend I absolutely loved Yogyakarta, beautiful place, beautiful people, you are lucky to live in such a beautiful country

[@TheLilikprasaja]

@@antifugazi thanks, it's a nice place indeed.

[@christryst]

Really enjoyed the video. I've visited numerous volcanoes on Java and Sumatra and find them fascinating. Mount Bromo is a highlight. It's incredible how geologically active the 2 islands are. New Zealand and Iceland are similar in some places. Mount Merapi is unfortunately not very accessible. Bandung offers a great starting point for exploring hot springs and Java's volcanic highlands.

[@christryst]

@Raytheslay ?

[@raifikarj6698]

@@christryst Bot if you in youtube for the last 2 year and especially last year, bot will reply in many channel and youtube ignore until it hurts their bottomline

[@sheedyaja6465]

Malang is a better option to start, you can go west by there

[@mondoburger9535]

I been to mount merapi with a jeep i rent.. it was cool

[@dirayaakbar]

in 2015 i climbed mt. merapi before its closure for hiking in 2018... most of the tourist came from the south side to see the destruction, but hiking trail is from the north, because opening of the crater face southward its less dangerous from the north...

[@RFGFOOTBALL]

Love for All from Nganjuk East Java 😘

[@jdwilsun]

Rice: Average global yield: Approximately 4-6 metric tons/hectare (depending on variety, climate, and management practices) Total protein yield per hectare: 280-480 kilograms Total carbohydrate yield per hectare: 1,120-1,800 kilograms Wheat: Average global yield: Approximately 2.5-4 metric tons/hectare (depending on variety, climate, and management practices) Total protein yield per hectare: 250-600 kilograms Total carbohydrate yield per hectare: 1,625-2,800 kilograms

[@dundee6402]

OMG! I just finished a research essay about the Sunda region today and was so surprised about how populous the Java island is! What a coincidence this video came out!!

[@revv8921]

are you in college?

[@logiic8835]

How did you not know this despite doing a research paper 😂

[@technobladeneverdies7247]

And i am making a research essay about hi*ler and imagine if RLL uploads a vid bout hi*ler

[@PaulGee789B]

@@technobladeneverdies7247 who ..? Hitler

[@gustavju4686]

@@logiic8835 Sounds like Dundee found out about that while working on the paper itself based on the wording.

[@yustinusbona8087]

I am an Indonesian, live in Java Island, in Bandung city exactly. The part about the soil fertility is true. Even there's a joke here : if you put wooden stick in the soil, it will grow and become a tree. 😆

[@n_core]

That's similar to the old saying, "Pick a fruit from a tree, eat it, drop the seed, the next year that seed will turned into a tree."

[@lil_jong-un6668]

Ada yang sadar ga? kemungkinan besar disinilah munculnya peribahasa "banyak anak, banyak rezeki". Karena petani yang punya banyak anak bakal punya banyak orang juga buat ngurus sawah, dan sawahnya jadi lebih besar, dan cucunya makin banyak lagi, sawahnya lebih besar lagi, dan seterusnya.

[@ardinakg8057]

@@n_core its true cuz i throw a mango seed in front of my house and leave it, 2 months later it became a tree (very small) 😂

[@d-simpleexplorer9943]

Itu jaman koes ploes kali bro 🤣🤣🤣..

[@autoredox]

@@d-simpleexplorer9943 Bisa aja, tapi koes plus kemungkinan mengambil frasa tongkat kayu maksudnya singkong, yang mana sistem nanemnya pake stek. Tancep, tumbuh.

[@An0xymoron127]

The aoe2 town centers soothed my soul in a way I never knew I needed. Sheeehoh

[@ge7sur3nka34]

Not just Java's fertile soil, a lot of natural resources from other islands were brought to Java for development which only attracts more people from other islands and speeds up birth rate. In the past, people believe that the more kids you have the more fortune will come, therefore they try to make as much kids as they can.

[@caniwasteallyourtimeherein9728]

The thing about Java is that the population is not evenly divided throughout the island. In major cities the population is really high while in most rural areas you will encounter less people but more fields to farm.

[@skyfrezeeminecraft6310]

Yes its true,im living in village but the atmosphere is very quiet

[@beenguy5887]

thats basically just normal

[@swordshadow1710]

thats not really true theres mostly just people everywhere

[@MrMarinus18]

That is very true and I do find it very interesting to compare it to my own country the Netherlands which is a very similar population density but has no major cities at all. However it has an incredible amount of medium towns of about 40k to 60k spread out every few dozen kilometers which add up fast. Many people have the idea that the Netherlands must be packed with people everywhere but it isn't really as there are no regions with an abnormally high population density. The only reason the population density is so high is because there are very few dead zones. The Netherlands is basically as if the Egyptian nile delta was it's own country. If you were to do that the Nile delta country would have the highest population density of any country in the world overtaking the Netherlands easily.

[@malfaroangel3896]

That’s true of every place 😂

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

As someone who hasn't been in school for 10 years and doesn't put much focus on education - i love watching your videos because I'm always learning something new, but in a format that works for my short, ever dwindling attention span!

[@Knight_Kin]

Education is a life long pursuit, which does not begin or end with formal educational systems.

[@chazzychanz]

"Java is the main key" 🤓

[@hl147_]

NOW THAT EXPLAINS THE TRAFFIC JAM I GOTTA EXPERIENCE DAILY

[@detaaditya6237]

I live in Java. It might look like this island is super crowded, but that's only true for large cities. In the rural areas, we still have plenty of rainforest, sprawling rice paddies, tea plantations, and pretty beaches

[@intriguingfacts5434]

True....each year people went missing in the mountainous wilderness of Java. It's not super crowded in reality, just in cities and towns of course.

[@Alephbeth17]

Rainforests....yeah but no longer inhabited by Javan tiger because already extinct.

[@KerPhinium]

@@Alephbeth17 yaa we eat them all in the past. "for living"

[@td5734]

To be honest, I live in Banten and used to visit my parent in law in central java (the village one) but I dont see rain forest. It is just plantation and agriculture fields.

[@minimalism2688]

@@td5734 ya jawa tengah nya dmana dulu? Coba searching hutan petungkriyono, hutan blora, hutan wonogiri, itu daerah perhutanan di jateng

[@evgenyrus9980]

It's crazy. I live in Vladivostok, Russia. Our whole region (Primorsky Krai) is relatively small - only 166 000 sq. km. Population 1.8 million people. Java has 128 000 sq km (77% of Primorsky Krai) and population of 148 million people, more than my entire country!!!! That is insane. I guess we don't have warm weather (5 months of winter, ffs) and no volcanic soil :-))) Anyway, thanks for great video. And all the best to people of Java!

[@lak1796]

Greetings from West Java, mate! Hope you're doing well over there! Come visit us sometimes! 😁

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

and the island of Java has 40 volcanoes and because the southern part is often exposed to volcanoes so 70% of people live on the north coast. So in the future, Java can become a single city

[@ilfam1789]

5 months of winter sounds really depressing mate, come here to indonesia its a summer all year around :D *except when monsoon storm hit occasionally and there will be chaos for a while

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

You may be surprised to know that there are still sparsely populated pockets of Java. The overpopulation happens only on the northern coast and in large cities. Many mountains and rural areas on the south are less populated, especially southwesternmost corner of the island is a protected national park (land area around twice the size of Jakarta) and has almost no permanent population.

[@haikalmiftah2529]

As a Javanese, thank you. Come here one day, you can go to urban areas into the the mountain of Bromo, which you can literally go into the crater of active volcano.

[@twelveytwelve]

New Guinea isn't part of Indonesia. Only the western part of it is.

[@Aris96993]

-Saya tinggal di jawa tengah,indonesia dan terima kasih atas penjelasnnya pak. -I live in central java,indonesia and thank you for your explanation sir.

[@Chimpunk729]

As a someone living in java and never visit other islands except bali. I can imagine how dense java is. Went to various cities : jakarta (greater jakarta), bandung, semarang, surabaya, jogja, solo are quite dense city with hifh populated but rest is quite not as dense as i thought. So i cant imagine how empty Russia is for example

[@sanctuaryaddict]

mungkin karna disana banyak nikah muda atau banyak yang hamidun atau bahkan punya prinsip banyak anak banyak rezeki

[@harrykumoro4335]

​@@sanctuaryaddictrasio kelahiran NKRI saat ini adalah 2.1 maksudnya adalah dari 10 pasangan menikah. 9 dari wanita nya melahirkan 2 orang anak. 1 wanita melahirkan 3 orang anak. Jadi anggapan mu sudah tidak update. China Jepang Korea juga mengalami pengurangan penduduk. Indonesia segera menyusul

[@sanctuaryaddict]

@@harrykumoro4335 first of all aku tidak membicarakan sekarang melainkan sebelum sekarang yg dimana sudah terlihat hasilnya. Belum paham sama kalimatku? gini itu yg kamu sebutkan adalah rasio sekarang, nah sedangkan aku melihat jumlah yang sekarang, dimana memang betul 2020 kebelakang penduduk Jawa angka pernikahannya sangat tinggi dan memiliki banyak anak adalah hal yang wajar and second of all rasio yang kamu sebutkan itu pun adalah rasio untuk sendiri dan konteksnya disini hanya Pulau Jawa saja. Dan untuk yg kamu bilang Indonesia menyusul itu tidak selalumya benar karena hingga tahun 2100 prakiraan penduduk Indonesia akan terus bertambah tanpa pengurangan, dan pada tahun 2050 keatas pertumbuhan penduduk Indonesia mulai melambat namun tetap mengalami peningkatan

[@harrykumoro4335]

@@sanctuaryaddict ya ya ya. Jawa adalah pulau paling padat penduduk nya di dunia. Papua dan Kalimantan kosong melompong dengan tingkat kepadatan penduduk yang rendah. Belum Australia, benua seluas itu cuman ada 30 juta penduduk. Lalu Siberia, Amerika Serikat juga isinya kebanyakan gurun. Rame di pusat kota doang. Banyak anak banyak rezeki enggak salah. Asalkan pinter mengelola dan menempatkan penduduk. Lagipula antara jumlah penduduk sama telor dan beras yang ditersedia di meja makan lu lebih cepetan tumbuh nya mereka. Begitu juga sarana edukasi dan kesehatan. Asalkan pintar mengelola. Banyaknya penduduk justru sebuah keunggulan

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Northern UK used to be a volcanic island, about half of Scotland, the northern part - you can see the diagonal straight line on a map, also goes along Loch Ness. It started off on the undersea North Atlantic volcanic trench, and moves eastwards through the ages. It is still moving east now, few millimetres a year, something like that. And it's altitude is rising too, recovering from the weight of the glaciers from the last ice age. All fascinating stuff. 👍

[@Hallows4]

I would love to see Borobudur. First heard about in an undergraduate art history class and find it fascinating.

[@juicytoes77]

Unfortunately u cant visit it directly now bc it's now considered as a worship place, which it actually is since it's a buddhist temple. Good for them buddhists. I've been there, pretty cool.

[@snowyconfession]

I live in many island in Indonesia for some years. Even java is the most populated island in Indonesia, I inherit a land that litterally located in a mountain. 29.000 square metres consist of forrest. Actually, my grand father owned the small mountain and his descendants now inherit all of that, including me. It's located in central javea and all of it are forrest (and my family intended to leave it as it is). So, yeah, eventhough there's more people in java than in russia, we still have many forrest too. In fact, if I want to go to my land, I'll need 4 hours travel by car and 2 hours travel motorcycle from the nearest small city.

[@arinahaqi9482]

lokasi hutanya dimana? saya juga orang jawa tengah

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

​@@arinahaqi9482 2 km dari puncak gunung berapi. 😂

[@cybersecurity3905]

"This is the most dangerous volcano in the world" "Let's live right below it"

[@binary964]

do you even watch the video? the land is extremely fertile that's why, benefits outweigh the risks

[@musuhabadi2534]

@@binary964 chill bro, he's just joking 😂

[@prezentoappr1171]

Rich soils captivated all kinds of farmers , like the saying curiosity kills the cat tho being curious on when or how long till the next eruption is well very dependent on yeah dude money is money great soil

[@Zeus-ju4hw]

absolutely pompeii civilian 👀

[@DevSarman]

Glad you make a video about Indonesia again. Volcanoes for Indonesians is basically like Nile for Egyptians

[@metodeusmansilumajang6953]

I am Javanese, living in East Java. What is described in this video from one side may have a point. But actually there are many other factors that cause the island of Java to have a large population. One of them is culture. In Javanese culture in the past, having many children was something that was considered good. There is even a proverb in Javanese which reads: " Tambah anak ,Tambah rezeki " It means: "Many children, lots of fortune" So that in the past the average Javanese had many children. In ancient times, a husband and wife could have 7-10 children. Apart from that, Javanese people have the principle that no matter how many children they have, it will be very pleasant if they live near their parents. The ancient Javanese were not among the people who liked to migrate outside their area. In this Javanese proverb, it is expressed in terms of: "Mangan ora mangan sing penting kumpul " It means: "Eat or not eat, the important thing is family gathering"

[@duyvopham8519]

and where does this culture come from? must be from the geographic of Indonesia which encourage more labors for agriculture.

[@Nphen]

Thank you for this comment and an insight into the Indonesian language & culture. Your comment should be pinned!

[@metodeusmansilumajang6953]

@@duyvopham8519 In looking at the relationship between geographical conditions and culture, there are two views in anthropology: The first is "Determinism" This view views that geographical conditions are the single factor that shapes a culture. The second is "Possibilism" This view views geographical conditions as not the dominant factor that determines culture. The natural environment only provides certain possibilities for the birth of a culture. And I belong to the adherents of the second view.

[@metodeusmansilumajang6953]

@@Nphen Thank's

[@kharisulkarimmalikhadining8110]

Banyak anak banyak beban,,,wkwkwk...

[@arughoz657]

The Yogyakarta you mentioned is not a city but a province. It includes the city of Yogyakarta whose population is only about 400k residents contains

[@mpetersen6]

It's pretty inaccurate to show New Guinea as being completely Indonesian. Indonesia controls the western half of the island. One reason for Javas incredible population density is it's incredibly productive agricultural sector. Plus Java has long been the center of culture and power in the islands followed by Sumatra and Bali. But Java is really starting to push the limits of the population it can sustain in terms of clean water from what I understand. In comparision to US states by area Java is slightly smaller than North Carolina.

[@maximiliandub]

Yeah I noticed about New Guinea too

[@RuneCode]

Most people in Indonesia never have any tap water, and those who do tend to say it's not worth it when compared to just digging your own well. It's not clean water that's causing the population strain but more of congestion that gridlocks roads/transportation systems causing problems with logistics (which does include access to clean water). The solution has been to keep building infrastructure and more roads, but major cities like Jakarta and Bandung are running out of room to expand. Another problem with the popular is that most Indonesians won't just move to another island/place because those places would be of a completely different culture, and they'll be considered a semi-foreigner on other islands. West Java is culturally neutral because the Sundanese have basically been swallowed by the massive influx of people from other parts of the country (especially Central and East Java). So for most people, it's one way ticket to West Java and they can't really move elsewhere

[@esecallum]

WEF is trying to destroy the agriculture. look it up.

[@widjiro]

so? borneo too, malaysia and brunei sit on the island

[@AxeDatcm]

When those map highlighted he talk about the islands as a whole, not Indonesia He compared the java as an island is more dense than other island in the area

[@jamesblake44]

I've been to Java many times. Infact my profile picture is of Merapi and its adjacent sister volcano Merbabu. It's mind-boggling how many people are there when I visited Jakarta I was in awe of how big the city was. When it rains on java its like no other rain I've ever experienced, I thought being English meant I knew what rain was. I was very wrong 😅🙏

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

even though there are 2 volcanoes only 25 km south of Jakarta

[@jamesblake44]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa to be fair there are volcanoes near every Javanese city

[@harukrentz435]

@@jamesblake44 hey whats wrong with our rain? Was it too much? 😂 and regarding the volcano its always annoyed me a bit when foreigner casually says we should move away from volcano are because literally there is no free-volcano area in Java (not even on the sea) 😂

[@jamesblake44]

@@harukrentz435 I agree! Java is the land of volcanoes 🌋 and your rain is like no other 😅🙏

[@stefanoraz27]

how do english rains compared to indonesian rains?

[@SNOWBALLparties]

There might be other additional factors. For example, in general: the more densely populated places on earth inhabited by the human, the smaller they are. The early agriculture/aquaculture practices as opposed to being the hunter-gatherer society is another, etc... So, it might not be just the physical/geographical factor alone, but a multitude of factors that resulting such a phenomenon as in the case of Java.

[@winneaaron]

Is Java worth visiting? Im going to visit Yogyakarta, some vulcanls and a national park there in September. But as i see that it's so overpupalted, im a bit scared that its to much

[@arifudin9151]

Not really, populated only in the big citis.

[@robihamdani5203]

It's really worth it, is not what you think media are exagreted java here people are have good manners and have so much space rich fields, junggle/forrest, lake, etc

[@achmad6962]

i can tell you people are exaggerating when talking about the population in java, its not that dense. large population only in big cities like Jakarta and Surabaya, Java still has a lot of tropical rain forests. Actually many tourists are quite surprised when they come to Java, when they know that the population of this island is very large but it doesn't look as dense as other South Asian countries.

[@zhenyamediocris4373]

Wow, I watched it with bated breath. Thanks a million for your work and time you spend on making these marvelous videos. You've broadened my horizons about correlation between economy and climate etc.

[@luxuryhub1323]

I never knew anything about this honestly. I'd just like to say how impressively complicated the World is and how every little detail about every island and territory matters so much, to so many different countries and people. It's crazy how those little seemingly irrelevant islands are potentially so important to some of the World's biggest powers.

[@disscusionaz5959]

I live at 35 Aire Street in Leeds LS1 4HT

[@SIPIL_JANGAN_DIPUKUL]

Yhea even tho i live in this Java Island but i just realized how far it goes i mean the population itself has grown, that's why it's a little bit complicated in some cases for government to have a right solution for every specific cases here it so randomly fast 🚀

[@icery59]

The position of the indonesian/malay archipelago improves that point aswell, as its pretty much the closest or easiest connection between asia and the rest of the world by water as its located between australia and mainland SEA its pretty much acts like a gateway of sorts

[@autohmae]

Indonesia has the 4th largest population in the world. Seems kind of important. They have so many islands, they don't even know how many.

[@Divingdeeponceagain]

Right and some say the world is small x)

[@anasplus4241]

I live in Java, this is happy and fertile Islands. Have skycrapper city Jakarta, tourist city Bandung and Yogyakarta. Closed to Bali and Sumatra and have direct border with Australia ocean teritory.

[@walkerb392]

As Indonesian living in Surabaya, nation's second largest city located in East Java., I would add one more thing of negative aspect living in Java. That is the road conditions that makes up as one of the deadliest in the world to commute around. And it has statistics proof. Nevertheless last June I traveled to Yogyakarta with family for vacation and enjoyed it very much. As matter of fact we visited recreational spots around mount Merapi back then... 😆😆

[@letheas6175]

I am learning Bahasa, I wish I could go to my favorite & most interesting country soon, but it's quite far & expensive if you live in the Netherlands. But hey, next year I will maybe try that! Hopefully im comfortable enough with bahasa by then:)

[@RosariaDewi]

Hey! Good luck in belajar bahasa. and wish you have a safe travel :)

[@Heavenlyrules]

You can look for the BIPA program (like IELTS/ToEFL for engslih) to master it, heck you don't even have to bust your pocket by searching and joining exchange program funded by Indonesian states/Institution. It is widely known, many even get a full trip by winning Indonesian speech tournament that oftenly held by Indonesian embassy. Look it up buddy👍

[@n_core]

Well, if you trying to learn proper formal Bahasa Indonesia, then you're gonna need to learn extra informal Bahasa Indonesia since it used more often in daily conversation than formal Bahasa Indonesia. And the easiest way to learn Bahasa Indonesia is by talking to people that speak natively in Bahasa Indonesia. You don't have to worry about grammar and stuff. Because even you can't speak in full Bahasa Indonesia, at least within context, people still can understand it.

[@d-simpleexplorer9943]

Belajar ama saya aja...belajar bahasa medan 🤣.. beda ama bahasa indonesia umum

[@letheas6175]

@@d-simpleexplorer9943 So difficult tho probably, Selamat malam

[@adhitya105]

Very nice explaination as always... I live about 25 km from the peaks of Merapi volcano. Ever since i was born, we experienced many eruption from Merapi. 2010 is the worst for for us. First time ever our village must be evacuated. And about one week before the explosion begin, every single window in our home is shaking nonstop. Ground is rumbling, raining ashes... But our village is waaay more lucky than the other upper village near the peak. There are many many village missing, buried by the ashes. Many lives lost that day. My sincerest condolences for them all...

[@MemTMCR]

rice sustains 3x what wheat does, but requires 4x the labour. doesn't add up to rice being any good

[@23232323rdurian]

all true. but at least in North Sumatra, they plant an improved more productive strain of rice that requires fertilizer and pesticides. Otherwise it's not economical. And rice is so plentiful, the price to the farmer is barely worth bothering to sell the rice to middlemen who transport it to the cities. Then while waiting for those 3 crops a year to mature, there's a ton of people that would be labelled anywhere else, tho there's always farm jobs to be done. And they gotta swap in a peanut crop periodically else the paddies get depleted. In recent times palm oil is more lucrative than rice, tho prefers a different (swampy) soil. So anywhere possible paddy becomes palm oil groves.

[@yw5613]

I was wondering why Indonesia's best property labourer came from Java, east and west to be precise. You've just answered that mystery. They grow and eat the best rice since young, containing minerals straight from earth's core. They may be skinny, but they possess iron bones and wire muscle tissue. Serve them Bima's Nail (Kukubima), and your property project will be done with the highest quality.

[@ariapinandita9240]

Kuku pancasona, urat kawat, tulang besi... Seperti Gatotkaca... 👍👍👍

[@intriguingfacts5434]

Fed by the Mother Nature herself.....

[@ryansarwidyanto3881]

njiir salfok ama "bima's nail" 🤣🤣🤣 oh ya sama jgn lupa rokok djarum dan gudang garam

[@td5734]

because they are cheaper than other.

[@MrBegebege]

Kuljaw

[@Robert-um3dz]

"tiny" is a relative term. 13th largest world wide is pretty big, especially since you know Australia isn't on that list either.

[@ilfam1789]

Because australia is a continent, not an island thats why it doesnt get included on the island list :/

[@K3rrJu5t1n]

@@ilfam1789 Greenland: sad monstrous landmass noises

[@TonyDracon]

nah

[@seancostello4158]

@@ilfam1789 in what way is australia not an island? It's ltierally an island continent. I get that they dont include it, but to say australia is not an island is literally idiotic. Just take a look at it. It's a semicircular landmass surrounded by water.

[@Kevin-bm7vh]

@@seancostello4158 it is too large to be an island so it is considered a continental landmass similar to how nobody would say Africa or Eurasia are islands

[@MARIBERBAGI]

one of the planting media traded in Indonesia is crushed lava rock, this planting media really makes potted plants fertile, such as bonsai and others. 😉😊

[@boongboongan5971]

greetings from jogja, indonesia. looking at mount merapi, just a shy 17km away while sipping my first black coffee for the morning. while its true, the land is really fertile here, like i could just eat a fruit keep the seed and just toss it to the dirt, few days later it would start to sprout. but its sad the current development starts to push upward to the north, more buildings are covering up the fertile land now compared to when i was a kid.

[@nomore-constipation]

This video is the reason I always watch this channel. Very impressive on research and shows how interesting for the content. This channel alone is the reason why I wanted an account at Curiosity Stream

[@jeepmega629]

It's incredible how RealLifeLore provides us with high-quality documentaries on a weekly basis.

[@eilois]

Unlike common documentaries team that dive into the subject countries with reporter and source person, RLL are clipping internet data and footage available such as from Associated Press. And one of the reasons the classic documentaries are longer to release, is because they need permits to film and interview people. The message sent from the team are often replied after a week by the source especially government officials or company key people. The classic documentaries often focused more on video shooting and have narrative. But RLL are focused to explain a problem rather than to captures problem. I would say one a week is not difficult to achieve especially when the team had planned on what subject to bring next and make a list of the schedule. And since RLL making a documentaries to explain, it doesn't necessarily need to fact check directly into the source country. One of the mistake are made because of relying too much on assumption in a documentaries about California HSR is one of the example. Other example, is I'm trying to make this reply on the style of RLL explaining stuff without an expert to clarify or someone to be made of responsible regarding the statement. Get it? I don't need to ask RLL to make this reply that explain "How RLL upload high quality documentaries in a weekly basis". First, by comparing the classic documentaries. Second, by giving extra explanation of how common documentaries work. Third, is to assume how they work based on credit less film and found out that their source is Google, Getty Images and AP Archive. Fourth, is to fact check whether my assumption that "RLL create high quality" is correct or not.

[@pliniojr95]

The man is on fire. One of the best yt channels about geography and history.

[@crsoma]

50 year ago new york time make statement Java island can feed their population, now the population is double and still exporting rice

[@theyeti6258]

I've had Indonesian friends tell me Yogyakarta isn't really a city to them, as it's pretty small. However, it's at least three times as big as my country's capital.

[@niko-ni6ps]

Yeah, when using US system, Yogyakarta is more of a sity-states rather than a city. Indonesia is divided into 37 (was 34 but just added 3 new province last month) city-states or we called them provinsi or province. All province in Indonesia has some amount of authority over their own land. There are 8 special province which has more special authority than other. Which is Jakarta capital state, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Special State Jogjakarta, West papuan, east papuan, south papuan, mountainous papua, and central papua. In this case, Yogyakarta is special city-states because its governed by sultanate, which basically a monarch inheritance system. Rather than the rest of democratically choosen head of province

[@philoslother4602]

You have disillusioned rich-ass friends

[@hashfiputraza9850]

Yeah the Yogyakarta city itself is relatively small area. Just about 30 km2 and population about 400 thousand. But Yogyakarta urban/metropolitan area, which is include area that surround Yogyakarta city is quite big. It has about 1,5 million populationa, and area about 200 km2.

[@Oneiroi0]

Don't forget that Yogya has insane amount of University and it make them have big fluctuating population

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

Yogyakarta provincial or city of Yogyakarta? Yogyakarta as a city is pretty small compare to other Indonesian cities.

[@SuperAerie]

And this is where I once again get reminded that my country, Sweden, has a population equivalent to single cities around the globe, and entire scandianavia's population being equivalent to single city-regions. Humongous amount of people. Like it sparsely populated though

[@bradley8575]

@pyropulse as an American California has more people than Canada😧.

[@SuperAerie]

@@bradley8575 Canada is like scandianavia in that theres lots & lots of forests everywhere you look in combination with being frozen except for a few months. So I get the reason why it is like it is, but still

[@zollar98]

Is that a fact ??

[@Pilvenuga]

Masses of people tend to not like freezing temperatures, even if for a part of the year.

[@introducenombreyapellidos.2675]

So have more kids

[@musisi_rebahan]

Here everything is complete👌💯

[@budle89]

Yooow! I live in the foothill of Merapi, Yogyakarta part. Mt. Merapi's eruptions type is not in the form of explosion. More like overflow from the top of the volcanoes. And the eruption happens every +/- 5 years, so it's not really that intense. We got early warnings for those who live in dangerous area to evacuate. People didn't die from the lava but the superhot "cloud" (not sure what's the right term). As long as you follow the warning, you'd be fine. Last victims of the eruption was caused by stubborness and beliefs in myths and supernatural messages. Java doesn't feel that dense because we don't build in centralized fashion the way people from other civilizations do. Residential areas are almost spread all over Java with only few lands left as conserved forests/jungles. And because of the eastern culture, each house holds more people, because the children don't left the parent house unless neccesary. So, eventhough it's highly populated, having a relatively wide yard/garden is not a luxury if you don't live in Jakarta (Indonesia' capital). About the fertility of Indonesia. We have a song to describe the rich natural resources. _Bukan lautan, hanya kolam susu_ (They're not seas, but milk ponds) _Kail dan jala cukup menghidupimu_ (Fishhook and net are enough for you to make a living) _Tiada topan tiada badai kau temui_ (You won't encounter storms here) _Ikan dan udang menghampiri dirimu_ (Fish and shrimps will come to you) _and so on_ For many, this is considered a big reason why native Indonesians behavior/mindset would lose to immigrants in competition. We're used to have it easy. My Chinese ex really hates that song because of how it encourages people to be lazy. 😁 Btw, great pronounciations of Yogyakarta and Mt. Merapi!

[@salokin3087]

Actually living in Yogakarta right now and today went up the nearby mountains near Merapi, its certainly a lush and beautiful place!