By Ricardo Lezama 
The numbers sourced from the World Health Organization and http://chicano.press:5000 show the daunting comparison between Southern California and entire countries, with 3 or 4 times it’s population.
| US (minus SoCAL) | 3610610 |
| Mexico | 356255 |
| Chile | 334683 |
| United Kingdom | 297391 |
| Southern California | 292811 |
| Iran | 281413 |
| Pakistan | 267428 |
| Colombia | 211038 |
| Argentina | 136118 |