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8 Billion people and counting.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:29 am
by Marc Meakin
Today the 8th Billionth person was born.
The population is due to peak at 10 Billion around 2084 then steadily decline due to a combination of food shortages and infertility.
Edit : I need a proof reaper
I remember it being 2 billion when I was a youngster.
Re: 8 Billion people and counting.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:53 am
by Matt Morrison
I do like the idea of not enough feet to go around. We could call it footfall.
Re: 8 Billion people and counting.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:03 pm
by Callum Todd
Just done the calculations and apparently there's only about 130 million feet (or 40,000km) to go round the Earth (circumference), so frankly it's amazing that the population ever exceeded 70 million (on an assumed average of 1.9 feet per person).
Re: 8 Billion people and counting.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:05 pm
by Gavin Chipper
I think they just picked a day for the 8 billionth person. I wouldn't vouch for its accuracy. Plus it's not really the 8 billionth person; it would be the person who brings the total of living people to 8 billion, and that could be more than one person anyway. See
this thread.
Re: 8 Billion people and counting.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:16 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:05 pm
I think they just picked a day for the 8 billionth person. I wouldn't vouch for its accuracy. Plus it's not really the 8 billionth person; it would be the person who brings the total of living people to 8 billion, and that could be more than one person anyway. See
this thread.
I did think it was only an estimation at best.
It could easily be a lot more already
Re: 8 Billion people and counting.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:39 pm
by Ian Volante
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:05 pm
I think they just picked a day for the 8 billionth person. I wouldn't vouch for its accuracy. Plus it's not really the 8 billionth person; it would be the person who brings the total of living people to 8 billion, and that could be more than one person anyway. See
this thread.
They said themselves that it's an estimate, give or take a couple of years.