Talk:World population
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[edit] world’s (human) population will reach 7 billion at the end of October
http://www.economist.com/node/21533364 A tale of three islands; The world’s population will reach 7 billion at the end of October. Don’t panic Oct 22nd 2011, from the print edition page 18; excerpt ...
Start with the link between population and violence. It seems plausible that the more young men there are, the more likely they will be to fight. This is especially true when groups are competing for scarce resources. Some argue that the genocidal conflict in Darfur, western Sudan, was caused partly by high population growth, which led to unsustainable farming and conflicts over land and water. Land pressure (Land use) also influenced the Rwandan genocide of 1994, as migrants in search of a livelihood in one of the world’s most densely populated countries moved into already settled areas, with catastrophic results.
See Planetary boundaries. 97.87.29.188 (talk) 00:13, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
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The Graph for continents has a different number of continents than its legend, and the graph proportions appear to be incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.155.143 (talk) 11:32, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
- You are right and wrong, You might think it misses one (Oceania) but it actually is between orange and green, in a realy, realy, realy small blue line. The graph it self can be edited as it shows all 7 billion of the world but the stats near it will confuse the regular user (including me)
– HonorTheKing (talk) 03:02, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
[edit] BBC now say 107,6bn and apparently some people did live twice.
BBC News now claims there were a total of 107bn 600mio people (H. S. S.) who have lived since 50k BC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16870579
The strange thing is the genetical variance of Homo Sap. Sap. race is only enough for 70bn different gene sequences according to Wikipedia, so some humans must have lived twice already! (and James Bond was right?) That's because at least 100bn people have lived since 4000 BC, by which time human genetical evolution was already over, with various colour races already developed and bearded sumers topping clay brick towers. 82.131.133.7 (talk) 10:51, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
[edit] Historical Population Estimates
Could someone add the Angus Madsison historical populations by country?
They're in the historical population section below
http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/content.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ouyuecheng (talk • contribs) 16:23, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
[edit] moscow or istanbul
isn't istanbul's population (without surrounding urban areas) bigger than moscow? 88.66.27.100 (talk)
- Yes. I am wondering where the number for Moscow (14,837,510) came from and what it encompasses. There is no reference. Staszek Lem (talk) 01:48, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
