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Originally Posted by Malak
World War 1.
3.5 Generations (25 years) have past since The Great War.
37 million died, as a result (not counting deaths due to lack of medical supplies), let us assume that they would have bred, 37,000,000 multiplied by 3.5 = 129,500,000 people alive.
World War 2,
2.5 generations have past since World War 2.
63 million died.
63,000,000 multiplied by 2.5 = 157,500,000 people alive.
From both great wars there are 287,000,000 at the very least. but more likely 1,722,000,000 people.
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so what you're trying to say is that 100 million less dead people would have given us a worldpopulation of 7,6 billion instead of 5,9 now.
(the worldpopulation in 1910 was about 1,8 billion, in 1940 it was 2,3).
i think your calculation is somewhat flawed, also because you're not taking into account how many extra lives were gained from war. in holland we had a babyboom after WW II for example; people have more sex during/after war. but you can also think of examples likes the nazi breedingprogram, the american soldiers in vietnam etc.
interesting topic though.