Thursday, March 26, 2015

population distribution by the billions

if every one of the seven billion people in the world was given one acre of land some ten million nine hundred thirty seven and five hundred square miles of land would be used. that is a square of land three thousand three hundred and seven miles to a side.

if the amount given to each person was reduced to one quarter of an acre two million seven hundred thirty four and three hundred seventy five square miles of land would be used, an area about one thousand six hundred and fifty three miles to a side. the amount of land inside the square in the video.