Per capita resource consumption dominates raw population to a surprisingly large extent. Bangladesh vs Denmark + Norway seems like a contrived example doesn't it? A population of 163 million for the former vs a combined 11 million for the latter. And yet total consumption based CO2 emissions are about equivalent. It's even worse when you look at production based emissions. Bangladesh emits less than half the total of CO2 vs Norway + Denmark. Take a look at this page and do the math:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...

> Bangladeshis spent the second half of the twentieth century having about 6 kids each

This is not true. That was true in 1950, started to drop in 1970. Now it is 2.04 kid per woman. And when you compare contemporary consumption of Danes, you have to compare it with contemporary consumption of Bangladeshis.

Currently, the fertility rates are 1.73 vs 2.04 kid per woman. Which is much smaller difference.