2007-01-13 14:48:49 · 28 answers · asked by Anthony B 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
What, like walking around? Cause I personally haven't seen any corpses roaming the streets.
I think what you are asking is "Have more people died than are currently alive today?", and I would have to say yes. Even if you were to limit this statement from the first year A.D. to present the answer would still be yes for obvious reasons. Hell just take the numbers of people killed in wars since then and you should still have quite a larger figure than the current population estimates.
In WWII alone there were an estimated 62 million people killed in a single war. And world war one had about 37 million killed. Think about how many wars there were and the ones listed above, while the largest conflicts, are only a tick in time compared to the total killed in all wars.
conversely here is a link to what the current world population is estimated to be:
http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop/index.html
2007-01-13 14:50:56 · answer #1 · answered by Strikernow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually theres more ppl alive than dead. Think about it logically. In every day millions day but at the same time 2 millions get born. With the war going on , the rate of alive ppl will decrease of course. SO wait in few years and ask the question again. The answer will be more ppl dead.
2007-01-13 15:04:32 · answer #2 · answered by mtl_hottie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientists estimate that 33 Billion (That's billion with a B ) humans have lived upon the earth. 6 Billion are alive today on the earth.
SOOooo..That means that almost 20% of all the people, that ever lived on the earth, are alive today and breathing air. Soon to be a real problem!
2007-01-13 15:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by HeyDude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world population is currently increasing at about 200,000 per year. So by now it must be a close run thing. World pop currently running at about 6billion. So my 'guesstimate' would be that there are more people alive today than have died (in the past) ..just!
2007-01-13 15:14:19 · answer #4 · answered by troothskr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, more people are are alive than dead people in the world today
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2007-01-13 14:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 7% of all people who have ever lived are alive today, by some estimates.
2007-01-13 14:50:42 · answer #6 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
am presuming this is a variation of "how many people do you think are in that cemetery"? joke. None their all dead. Your dead your dead, not people anymore. If your serious, it depends on what stage of decomposition the body is in(as in before it's just an other component of the ecosystem). Why on earth would you even think about something like this anyway?Or is it all tongue in cheek, and you belive most of the living are brain dead.
2007-01-13 14:54:50 · answer #7 · answered by mld m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given the number of centuries humans have been on the earth...I think many more are dead and buried than are alive today.
2007-01-13 14:52:10 · answer #8 · answered by fdm215 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, birth rates are higher than death rates especially in third world countries so there should be more people alive and lesser dead.
2007-01-13 14:53:33 · answer #9 · answered by Andrea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, though around 10% of all people who have ever lived are alive today. This is due to our population growth being exponential as opposed to linear. The more people you have, the faster they make more people, and then you have even more people to make people, and so on.
2007-01-13 14:53:13 · answer #10 · answered by Maxwell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋