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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2004/nov/11/thisweekssciencequestions1
>"How many people can the Earth support?"
>The UN predicted this week that fertility would decline and longevity would increase until the global population stabilised at nine billion in 2300
>Some optimists have argued that the planet could support 1,000 billion

http://fatknowledge.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-many-people-can-earth-support.html
>..the Earth could support 50 billion people...This analysis just looks at land and does not take oceans into account. Adding fish and other forms of seafood would enable a larger population.


If you used all of the surface area of this world you could have a 60/km2 density If our population was at 9 billion. That's also not including the oceans. Anchorage, Alaska has a population density of 63 / km². Your Malthusian argument is invalid.

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