If everyone was put into the same place how much space would they take up?
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I've always wondered this question, if everyone in the world was put into, I don't know say Australia. Would Australia be full the to brim of people to the point where there would be no room at all if everyone were next to each other?.
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The Isle of Man.
Well, if we say a person can stand in a ½ m² (some are fat, some are skinny), and if we follow the UN estimate of people on earth in 2009, we would take up ½*6,800,000,000, which is 3,400,000,000 m², or 3,400,000 km².
Australia's size is 7,617,930 km², so we would take up around half of Australia.
Now, this might just be the most inaccurate piece of math I have ever done, but I tried :biggrin:
[QUOTE=Codename 47;22021958]Well, if we say a person can stand in a ½ m² (some are fat, some are skinny), and if we follow the UN estimate of people on earth in 2009, we would take up ½*6,800,000,000, which is 3,400,000,000 m², or 3,400,000 km².
Australia's size is 7,617,930 km², so we would take up around half of Australia.
Now, this might just be the most inaccurate piece of math I have ever done, but I tried :biggrin:[/QUOTE]
I like your style thanks for answering my question :P
What if we had one mole of people? 1 mole = 6.0221415×10^23
½×6.0221415×10^23
= 3.011071×10^23m²
or 3.011071×10^20km²
earth's surface area is
5.101×10^8km²
We couldn't even stock one mole of rice.
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