Talk:World population/Archive 4

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Earth's population

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

we now have 8 billion people on earth. 192.12.103.9 (talk) 16:01, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Sand time glass measurement image with past humans at the bottom

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Metaphorically using the endless downward pull-push of gravity on sand/humans and the passage of time in the image. I think this total number of humans that lived should not be on the article. It is not done for the dinosaurs (165 million years) or for the species of sharks to my knowledge. Please explain the relevance of the total number of past human deaths.--Mark v1.0 (talk) 13:47, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

There is a widespread misconception that, as a concequence of the population explosion, the majority of all humans that ever lived are still alive today. I think the rather harmless inclusion of this factoid serves to dispell that idea.--Nø (talk) 18:02, 30 November 2022 (UTC)