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by MattGaiser 1558 days ago
> The carrying capacity of earth is likely hundreds of billions of humans, if we were to set our mind to it.

At an absolute poverty level in a Warhammer like hive city perhaps.

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According to Google, the land surface area of earth is about 510 million km^2.

Divided by a trillion people, that gives you 510 m^2 per person.

For comparison, Singapore has 128 m^2 per person.