RE: Apparently the United States has killed over 1.3 billion people since 1776 (lol)
July 24, 2015 at 2:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2015 at 2:32 pm by Regina.)
I think 100 million would probably be a more sensible estimate and probably still a bit large. it's certainly at least in the tens of millions without a doubt, but nowhere near a billion.
North America was very sparsely populated by the Natives before European contact, it's estimated only around 20 million in what's now USA and Canada combined. (for reference, that's the current population of Australia, which is already sparse, spread across a continent 3 times the size)
The world only reached 2 billion in the early 1800s I think, and stayed there for decades. America can't have killed that many surely, unless the population was growing so fast all the dead were being replaced, which is unlikely.
North America was very sparsely populated by the Natives before European contact, it's estimated only around 20 million in what's now USA and Canada combined. (for reference, that's the current population of Australia, which is already sparse, spread across a continent 3 times the size)
The world only reached 2 billion in the early 1800s I think, and stayed there for decades. America can't have killed that many surely, unless the population was growing so fast all the dead were being replaced, which is unlikely.
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