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WeedWacker25 t1_jdo7di4 wrote

So approximately 6% of the population.

To put it into perspective:

Hong Kong protests in 2019: 1-2 million people, represented around 13-27% of the total population of 7.5 million.

March for Our Lives in the United States in 2018: 1.2-2 million people, represented around 0.4-0.6% of the total population of 327 million.

Arab Spring protests in Egypt in 2011: 17 million people, represented around 20% of the total population of 83 million.

Black Lives Matter protests in the United States in 2020: 15-26 million people, represented around 4.5-7.8% of the total population of 331 million.

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nidarus t1_jdodh8d wrote

>Black Lives Matter protests in the United States in 2020: 15-26 million people, represented around 4.5-7.8% of the total population of 331 million.

Note that this is the estimated total number of participants by the end of June 2020, not the amount in any specific protest. The equivalent figure for Israel is 19% of the population that participated in at least one protest. Out of them, 11% went to multiple protests.

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