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So 7% of people who have EVER lived are alive right now.
by mainguy 15y ago
So 7% of people who have EVER lived are alive right now.
- MattBearman 15y agoI seem to remember an article that put that value at 12%, but can't find it now.
- kijin 15y agohttp://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedo... It is estimated that approximately 106 billion have lived on Earth between 8000 BC and 2002. (The population before 8000 BC is thought to have been too small to count on a scale of billions.) So, it seems that 7% is about right.
- ctdonath 15y agoTangent to that: if one now lives 100 years, one's lifespan is 1% of recorded human history. That's not a lot of history.
- etcet 15y agoI made 'an app for that': http://etcet.net/thehumancounter/ http://etcet.net/thehumancounter/ My count is at 6.57% but it also estimates us at 30M over the 7B mark.
- burgerbrain 15y agoSmall nitpick, I know it's not meant for a "serious" application, but this seems to have a significant digit problem. The number of people to have ever lived can't possibly be known to that kind of accuracy. Sorry, that sort of thing just bugs me for some reason ;)
- simcop2387 15y agoOff topic, but according to your website the first human was born January 1.025 in year -50000. :)
- burgerbrain 15y agoFortunately everyone that was born before then is likely deceased, and not likely to become offended at their suggested non-existence.
- etcet 15y agoThat's when we came out of beta, didn't you get the release notes?