current population and current debt

current population and current debt

7,632,819,325
World Population (2018 and historical)
[link to www.worldometers.info]
rounds off to 8 billion and stats kept by governments admit missing people in counting shanti towns
gypsies illegals off-griders and marginalized groups difficult to enumerate.
bottom line is current world population at 7.6 billion is a low ball park number which could be over 9 billion


current national debt
[link to www.usdebtclock.org]
$21.4 trillion
Image: OECD
How much is it per person?
One way to think about government debt is in per capita terms; the US is at $62,687 per person but that includes
babies, chi;ldren, women, and other non wage earning types, of wage-earning citizens each person owes about
$120,000.oo USD, More than some poverty stricken citizens will see in their short diseased lifetime.




How much of the world is overpopulated?
Most contemporary estimates for the carrying capacity of the Earth under existing conditions
are between 4 billion and 16 billion. Depending on which estimate is used, human overpopulation
may or may not have already occurred. Nevertheless, the rapid recent increase in human population
is causing some concern
[link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)]
in fact how overpopulated the world is depends on what level of lifestyle is desirable
including access to nature and bio-diversity.