For most of history, people were dying of bullshit about as fast as they were made, especially the kids. OP didn’t specify if that comes back, and a few hundred is what a premodern birth rate gives you without it. Relatedly, 15% of everyone who’s ever lived is still alive, because growth has been so fast since we figured out how to stop, like, plagues.
For most of history, people were dying of bullshit about as fast as they were made, especially the kids. OP didn’t specify if that comes back, and a few hundred is what a premodern birth rate gives you without it. Relatedly, 15% of everyone who’s ever lived is still alive, because growth has been so fast since we figured out how to stop, like, plagues.