It's even worse

Submitted by Ron Gerskup (Canada), Jan 5, 2015 at 10:44

If I am doing the math right, the reported and suspicious 10% rise in the Persian population is too low a number. In actuality, it is 10/51x100 = 19.6%. Almost doubly as inaccurate is the reporting by the US government if you are correct.

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