if the worlds population were to all stand together?

Question

as in next to each other on a piece of land, how much land would they take up?

I'm not asking what would happen if everyone got together I just want to know how much space we would take up in acres or yards or whatever.

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Answer 1

if you look down on a person you could take an average of 2ft side to side and 1ft front to back, so that's about 2 square feet per person.
there are about 6 billion people on the planet. so that's about 12,000,000,000 sqft.
a square mile is 5280x5280 or 27,878,400 sq ft per sq mile.
so the area occupied by the population is about 12,000,000,000 / 27,878,400 or 430.44 square miles.

doesn't seem like all that much.... that's a little less than 21 miles x 21 miles, or less than half of rhode island

but think about it as a block of people. in order to have 6 billion people in formation, there would have to be about 77,500 people front to back and left to right. so if you were in the middle there would be almost 40,000 people between you and any open space to spread your arms or turn around.

Answer 2

this figure is fine but if the little guy in the middle "broke wind"..{see how P.C i am}how much more space would be required to allow for the expansion due to the wind.lol

Answer 3

very little as the earth would tip up and all would disappear into space

Answer 4

supposidly, if we all stand next to each other, then we will circle the entire world, i think it was twice.

Answer 5

about the size of the isle of wight

now do you feel small?

Answer 6

no
because we don't have world peace unfortunately, some would injure/harm others because of discrimination and other factors.

Answer 7

loads

Answer 8

lets try it and see...