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The world has a surface area of 510.072 million sq km. Well clearly we can not live any where on the surface of the world as the majority of it is water 361.132 million sq km. The remainder is the land mass 148.94 million sq km. So what is the population of the human race? Estimate is currently at 6,525,170,264 (July 2006 est.).
Now let us do some translations. For every 148 sq km you get 37,000 acres of land.
37,000 acre = 148 sq Km meaning that the world has about 3.68*10 to the 10th Acres of land. I will be using 37,000,000,000 acres for the math below. Now if you were to split that land up between all the people of the earth and gave each one a share each would get 5.67 acres of land.
37,000,000,000/ 6,525,170,286 = 5.67 acres per person
That does not sound like a lot does it? Some may say "Much of the land is unlivable" and they are right so let look at a area where we could make it nearly totally liveable. The Great State of Texas. Texas has a surface area of 261,797 square miles.
1 square mile = 3,097,600 square yards = 640 acres
640 * 261,797 = 167,550,080 acres in Texas
According to http://hunterkirk.livejournal.com/326561.HTML
"Now lets say we move all the people of the world to the state of Texas. They would each get only .02568 acres of land.
167,550,080 / 6,525,170,286 = .02568 acres per person
That does not sound like a lot. But wait how much is .02568 acres?
1 acre = 4,840 square yards
4,840 * .02568 = 124.29 square yards
1 square foot = 1/9 square yard
124.29 * 9 = 1,118.61 square feet
Thusly if we moved every living human to Texas and the split the land among them they would each get 1,118.61 square feet. Now you may say that still does not sound like a lot. But consider the average square footage of a house."
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Which US state could fit the world's population inside its borders?
Texas
Could the world's population of 7 billion fit into an area of 1746 square kilometres?
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How many times does Texas fit into Antarctica?
Antarctica is about 4.5 million square miles and Texas is about 268,580 sq mi. Can you do the math?
The smallest island in the whole population of the Earth could stand on?
I don't get your question but I will try my best to answer it. SO your saying Could the entire population of the earth stand on the smallest island? Well if that's your question well then HALF the answer is in there. The smallest island in the world is Bishop Rock. The smallest country island is Nauru. But Has I was saying Bishop Rock is 736 square metres. SO if the world's population is about 6.2 billion how do you expect EVERYONE to be able to stand on Bishop Rock. So No the earth's population COULD NOT fit on Bishop Rock.
What was the land mass of Pangaea?
It is a theoretical idea that the world's landmasses all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and that billions and billions of years ago the world was all one super-continent, Pangea. Problem is, in their diagram, they had to shrink Africa to make it fit.
Which US state could fit the world's population inside its borders?
Texas
How much space will all the people in the world take up?
everyone in the world would fit in the state of texas.
How many states of Massachusetts will fit into one state of Texas?
Massachusetts is 10,555 square miles Texas is 268,601 square miles 25.45 States of Massachusetts will fit in to 1 state of Texas.
How times does the state of Texas fit into the state of Alaska?
four
What terms doesn t fit the list California Virginia Colorado or Texas Why?
Virginia does not fit with California, Colorado, or Texas because it is not a Western state. California, Colorado, and Texas could all fit within that definition.
Is Texas the lagest state in the US?
Three States of Texas would fit in Alaska. So the answer is no.
Which state will englang fit in?
England would probably physically fit into either the state of Texas or Alaska. Alaska is the largest US state by square miles of land.
The Texas constitution was modeled after what document?
The Texas Constitution was modeled after the United States Constitution. It was slightly changed to fit the mission of a new state in the United States.
How many Ohio's fit into Texas state?
Texas is 268,601 square miles, Ohio is 44,828 square miles therefore 268601/44828 = almost exactly 6 Ohio's would fit in Texas.
What is the difference between population and ecosystem?
Population is how many there are, and ecosystem is how do they fit into the world.
Can united kingdom fit into the state of Texas?
Yes. Texas is approx 2.84 times bigger in area than the UK.
Is it illegal to mow a bluebonnet in Texas?
No. People think this because it is the Texas state flower, however, you may mow your own lawn as you see fit.
