> No, we shouldn't try to support 8 billion people with the standard of living of Botswana. It would be much better for everyone involved to have 100 million pe

> No, we shouldn't try to support 8 billion people with the standard of living of Botswana. It would be much better for everyone involved to have 100 million people with an American/Western standard of living. Quality over quantity. I was curious how big a population could be supported at the per capita emissions of various countries and still be net zero. What I mean by "net zero" is the the atmospheric CO2 level would stay at current levels. Here's a table of populations (in millions) that would be net zero at the per capita emissions of various countries. 50 Qatar 115 Australia 130 United States 170 South Korea 211 Germany 240 Norway 270 China 360 United Kingdom 390 France 560 Mexico 670 Botswana 1020 Fiji 1050 India 1980 Honduras 3030 Laos 4260 Bangladesh 4900 Cambodia 6100 Kenya 6900 Nepal 7700 Zambia I'm getting country per capita emissions from [1] and am assuming 2 billion tonnes for net zero based on this article [2] which says that's how much CO2 is currently being removed from the atmosphere per year. [1] https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by... [2] https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/19/scientists-calculate-how-much-co2-is-being-removed-from-the-atmosphere-for-the-first-time https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/01/19/scientists-calcula...