RE: The Noahide Flood
November 6, 2023 at 1:39 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2023 at 1:41 pm by Anomalocaris.)
But it’s worth noting that if you restrict yourself to birthrate concerns, then a small change in birth rate will have a huge impact on how fast an initial population will balloon to a billion people.
Assuming again average age of reproduction is 16 years and avaerage life expectancy is 32 years. If each woman pop out exactly 2 offspring who goes on to reproduce, The total population will never increase. If each woman pops out 2.1 offsprings, then you will hit just about 100 million people in 5000 years. Increase it slightly more to 2.12 and you get 2 billion people in 5000 years. Make it 2.2 and you will hit a billion in 4,200 years. Make it 2.5 and you will get a billion in 1700 years.
Assuming again average age of reproduction is 16 years and avaerage life expectancy is 32 years. If each woman pop out exactly 2 offspring who goes on to reproduce, The total population will never increase. If each woman pops out 2.1 offsprings, then you will hit just about 100 million people in 5000 years. Increase it slightly more to 2.12 and you get 2 billion people in 5000 years. Make it 2.2 and you will hit a billion in 4,200 years. Make it 2.5 and you will get a billion in 1700 years.
