How many will be left alive after the war is over?

Question

Some speculate that this is the pre-cursor to Armageddon, that some 2/3 of all humans will be killed.

What does this mean? China has over 6 billion, so if we move there, we know at least nearly 1/3 of China will be left alive, but what about other places?

Does this mean almost all people in other countries will be killed?
What percent of people do you think will die in WW3 or Armageddon before it is over?

Who do you think will survive, and why?

J.S., I beg to differ, China is the largest population in the world, if you wish to know how many people exist right now, I suggest you visit: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/world.html

That will give you a better idea how many billions there are. Hint, 1.2 billion is far to few.

Answer 1

It could be 28 minutes from now or 280 years from now. When the superpowers square off against each other in two camps, then come back and we'll talk apacolypse.

Until then, just think regional conflicts, wars between rump states, proxy wars and brinksmanship. If you recall the Yom Kippur War in 1973, a coalition of Arab States (Egypt, Syria and Jordan) were soundly defeated by the Israelis. That was a worse situation than the current conflict and it didn't raise a blip on the world war radar (not that it didn't have the potential to spark a global war).

The next World War will involve a nuclear exchange, how could it not. In the first 30 minutes, nearly a billion people will have been vaporised, mostly in the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan. Another 1.5 billion will die shortly thereafter from radiation poisoning. The northern hemisphere will be plunged into prolonged agony and barbarity.

Eventually the nuclear winter will spread to the southern hemisphere and all plant life will die. You ask when is the apacolypse, you are asking when will we commit global suicide. My answer is it won't happen soon because the larger superpowers are more rational than the rump states in the middle east.

Our biggest risk is an accidental launch of nukes by one of the nuclear powers.

Answer 2

Hey "Simple", what war are you speaking of? "China has 6 billion." What are you speaking of? If you are talking population, then the population of China is 1.2 billion. Other than that, I cannot answer your questions about "WW3" and "Armageddon."
That is WORLD population. Hint - not the population of China....

Answer 3

Unfortunately I believe those with Nuclear Weapons and their allies will be the countries who survive should they not turn on each other.

The only countries to have nuclear weapons are

USA
Russia
UK
France
China
India
Pakistan
North Korea (Not confirmed)
Israel (Not declared)

Answer 4

If all nuclear weapons of countries are detonated more or less simultaneously, there will be survivors in this world.

Answer 5

What are you talking about?

Answer 6

sure.....alot