Hoe tel je 1 miljard mensen?!

I'm Rick and today Emma, Lars and I are sitting here in a cozy cafe.

Talking about something that might seem a bit technical, but trust me, it's everywhere.

We're breaking it down in super simple Dutch so you can follow along.

Let's dive in.

Hey, Mutjohora.

I read something on NOS.

Oh no, Rick has read the entire NOS again.

No, but seriously, India does a full-time job.

A full-time job? What is that?

They tell all people. All people in India.

Oh, how many people are in India?

A lot. A lot of people.

How much? More than one billion people.

One billion?

That's a lot.

Yeah, it's the biggest festival in the world.

Wow, really?

Yeah, really.

It's on NOS.

Okay, but how do you do that?

What do you mean?

How do you tell one billion people?

Yeah, good question.

That's a very big problem.

Yeah, exactly. A very big problem.

I'm talking about my socks.

Yeah, you want it.

You tell two socks and he says three.

That's right.

I'm bad at telling.

And India tells one billion people.

Wow.

No, seriously?

How do they do that?

With a computer?

Yeah, maybe.

But it's very difficult.

Are there people in the mountains too?

Yeah, and in small villages.

Overall.

And in the city?

Also in the city.

Overall people.

How long does that take?

Long.

Very long.

A year?

Yeah, or longer?

That's a lot of work.

I don't want that.

No, you don't.

You don't say that well.

Exactly.

I'm not good for that.

Netherlands has also a population.

But that's small.

Yeah, Netherlands is small.

How many people are in the Netherlands?

17 million.

That's a lot less.

Yeah, 17 million is not 1 billion.

No, that is very different.

And Netherlands is so small on the map.

Yeah, India is very big.

Netherlands is a little bit.

A little bit.

Yeah, a little bit.

But good.

Netherlands is good.

It's nice here.

But you live in Asia.

Yeah, I live in Asia.

But I read NOS.

You always read NOS.

Yeah, that's right.

And now.nl also?

Yeah, now.nl also.

And more.

You're a slave to news.

Yeah, maybe.

Maybe.

Surely you know.

Okay, okay.

I'm a slave.

But this news is good.

It's interesting.

1 billion people tell.

I don't understand.

How do you start?

Just start.

1, 2, 3, to 1 billion.

That lasts a long time.

Very long.

Years.

Yeah, maybe 20 years.

Then there are more people.

Yeah, exactly.

More babies.

Oh, no.

Then you start on news.

Haha.

Yeah, on news beginning.

bad news.

Very bad news.

The comments on nu.nl are even worse.

What do the people say?

From everything.

A lot of everything.

Netherlands always have the meaning.

Yeah, about everything.

Also over India.

Typisch Netherlands.

Typisch Netherlands.

noch koffie?

Ja, grach.

Ich auch.

And long, lays ik meer news.

Natürlich du jij dat.

Ha, rik is rik.

Klopt.

Ik ben rik.

And ik lays news.

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