Open post Graham @grahamcarden@mastodon.social · 47mo ago Replying to @Sheril@mastodon.social <p>This week, the world’s human <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>population</span></a> is expected to reach 8B. About 109B people have lived and died. Each grain of sand represents 10M.</p><p>Spectacular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>data</span></a> visualization of human life on Earth by Max Roser <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharedPlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SharedPlanet</span></a></p> @Sheril@mastodon.social It doesn't feel like that long since it passed 7bn. It was 2011. Maybe 9bn by 2031?