BBC population quiz: What number are you.

JU_88 · 10-27-11, 04:17 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515

I am person number 4,420,164,425. Life expectancy 79.5 (on the NHS?)

What's next? The global population will continue to increase during your lifetime and beyond, reaching 10 billion by 2083. However, the rate of growth is expected to slow. Little of the current growth is happening in developed countries like yours.
Longer lives: Working-age people like you will be supporting increasing numbers of older people during the next decades. By 2050, there will be just 2.2 people of working age supporting every person aged 65 or older in the developed world. In Europe, this will drop to just two.
Battle for resources: It is estimated that your group of the richest countries consumes double the resources used by the rest of the world. The UN estimates that if current population and consumption trends continue, by the 2030s we will need the equivalent of two Earths to support us. (uh oh)
Did you know? The average family size globally has declined by half since 1950 - from five children in to the current 2.5.

Interesting and scary at the same time.

Betonov · 10-27-11, 04:28 AM

4,919,754,805th

With a life expectany of 75

BossMark · 10-27-11, 04:44 AM

3,281,517,467th person
With a life expectancy of 77

HunterICX · 10-27-11, 05:02 AM

5,019,176,545th

Life Expectancy 78 Years

HunterICX

Lord Justice · 10-27-11, 05:24 AM

3,933,898,218th. Life expectancy 77.

Penguin · 10-27-11, 05:27 AM

3,862,212,988th

life expectancy: 77.2 years

not too bad, it would be the highest age a male member of my family would reach

antikristuseke · 10-27-11, 05:44 AM

4,983,355,234th

Life expectancy: 68.4 years

women on average live 11 year longer than men here.

sharkbit · 10-27-11, 01:51 PM

I’m 3,280,187,491 with an average life expectancy of 75.4 years.

I can't imagine 10 billion in 2083.

Soylent Green anyone?

JU_88 · 10-27-11, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharkbit

I can't imagine 10 billion in 2083.

i'll be 103 by then or more likely - 6 feet under.
there is certainly enough space oxygen and water on the planet for 10 billion, but there not really enough of anything else unfortunatly.

10-27-11, 04:17 AM	#1
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,837 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	BBC population quiz: What number are you. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515 I am person number 4,420,164,425. Life expectancy 79.5 (on the NHS?) What's next? The global population will continue to increase during your lifetime and beyond, reaching 10 billion by 2083. However, the rate of growth is expected to slow. Little of the current growth is happening in developed countries like yours. Longer lives: Working-age people like you will be supporting increasing numbers of older people during the next decades. By 2050, there will be just 2.2 people of working age supporting every person aged 65 or older in the developed world. In Europe, this will drop to just two. Battle for resources: It is estimated that your group of the richest countries consumes double the resources used by the rest of the world. The UN estimates that if current population and consumption trends continue, by the 2030s we will need the equivalent of two Earths to support us. (uh oh) Did you know? The average family size globally has declined by half since 1950 - from five children in to the current 2.5. Interesting and scary at the same time. Last edited by JU_88; 10-27-11 at 05:11 AM.

10-27-11, 04:44 AM	#3
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	3,281,517,467th person With a life expectancy of 77 __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

10-27-11, 05:02 AM	#4
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	5,019,176,545th Life Expectancy 78 Years HunterICX __________________

10-27-11, 05:24 AM	#5
Lord Justice Previously 4Para Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Britain Posts: 609 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	3,933,898,218th. Life expectancy 77. __________________ If you cant be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning!

10-27-11, 01:51 PM	#8
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	I’m 3,280,187,491 with an average life expectancy of 75.4 years. I can't imagine 10 billion in 2083. Soylent Green anyone? __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

10-27-11, 04:28 AM	#2
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	4,919,754,805th With a life expectany of 75

10-27-11, 05:27 AM	#6
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	3,862,212,988th life expectancy: 77.2 years not too bad, it would be the highest age a male member of my family would reach

10-27-11, 05:44 AM	#7
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	4,983,355,234th Life expectancy: 68.4 years women on average live 11 year longer than men here.