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by nkurz
1092 days ago
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> The world presently has 10e9 people. Historically, something like 10e12 people have ever existed (I'm estimating). Tangential, and doesn't detract much from your well-defended point, but the percentage of people alive today is probably much higher than your estimate. The population has gone up so fast in recent years that the total number of people who have ever lived is closer to 10x current population than 1000x: Given a current global population of about 8 billion, the estimated 117 billion total births means that those alive in 2022 represent nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived... |
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