diff --git a/modules/submap.js b/modules/submap.js
index 6ec6d2e9..dde13a19 100644
--- a/modules/submap.js
+++ b/modules/submap.js
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ window.Submap = (function () {
     pack.burgs.forEach((b, id) => {
       if (id == 0) return; // skip empty city of neturals
       [b.x, b.y] = projection(b.x, b.y);
+      b.population = b.population * options.scale; // adjust for populationRate change
 
       // disable out-of-map (removed) burgs
       if (!inMap(b.x, b.y)) {
diff --git a/modules/ui/submap.js b/modules/ui/submap.js
index a2fae5f7..1ed9847b 100644
--- a/modules/ui/submap.js
+++ b/modules/ui/submap.js
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ window.UISubmap = (function () {
       rescaleStyles: checked("submapRescaleStyles"),
       smoothHeightMap: scale > 2,
       inverse: (x, y) => [x / origScale + x0, y / origScale + y0],
-      projection: (x, y) => [(x - x0) * origScale, (y - y0) * origScale]
+      projection: (x, y) => [(x - x0) * origScale, (y - y0) * origScale],
+      scale: origScale,
     };
 
     // converting map position on the planet