Could you place all 7 billion or so people on the Asia continent?

[Jayson1]

I got a question that maybe people can use math and science to answer. Asia is the biggest continent which I admit shocked me because I use to think it was Africa but I guess I was wrong. Also I think their are 7 billion or so people on the earth. Could you somehow place everyone on size of that land?
Here is a few things you got to work with. For starters you got some magic which means you can build skyscrappers but only as big as the biggest one that currently exist which is I think that building in Dubai. You also have transporter style of powers to move everyone their in a instant. Not only that you can place boats or even submarines in lakes or rivers. Reason I use the building and boats is because I understand you would proably need to basically find away to stack people on top of each other. I also know this would be a even worst situation than those aliens on the "TOS" episode, "The Mark of Gideon" were you got people just standing around with nowhere to go or even move but that doesn't matter because we got magic so this would only last a second and then everything could go back to normal. Do you think it could be done?

Jason

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Yes, easily, with room to spare. Over 60% of the world's population already lives in Asia.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

One word: Siberia

 

[Christopher]

I read once that the territory permanently occupied by humans (i.e. cities, towns, farmhouses, etc. as opposed to impermanently occupied things like roads and fields) make up maybe 1 percent of the Earth's total surface area, maybe 3 percent of the total land area. So, yeah, you could pack the entire population of Earth into a very small area. In fact, you could fit everyone in the world into a space not much bigger than the state of Rhode Island -- although it would be a very bad idea.

 

[wew]

Well if I did the math right; and that isn't actually a guarantee, it appears that you would have approximately 408.41 persons per square mile. Which would be feasible.

However, in regards to physiological density; the amount of people per square mile would increase quite rapidly.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Well if I did the math right; and that isn't actually a guarantee, it appears that you would have approximately 408.41 persons per square mile. Which would be feasible.

However, in regards to physiological density; the amount of people per square mile would increase quite rapidly.

That figure for population density is only slightly higher than that of India (386) and much less than for Macau (73,350).

https://www.infoplease.com/world/population-statistics/population-density-square-mile-countries

 

[Spock Guy]

I recently heard that the entire population of the planet could fit in the state of Texas with a density equivalent to Manhattan.

Here is the math to either prove, or disprove, that statement:

Take the population of the planet and divide that number by how many square miles Texas is. Then, take the population of Manhattan and divide that by how many square miles Manhattan is. Finally, compare the two results and see if they are close, say, within 5%, or so.

To find the percentage difference of the two results, take the lesser of the two and subtract it from the greater number. Then, divide the difference by either of the two result numbers.

If you divide it by the larger number, then the smaller number is that percentage smaller. If you divide it by the smaller number, then the larger number is that percentage larger.

 

[wew]

Well, it is one thing to fit within an area, it would be another if you could actually survive the area. It is one of the reasons you have to be careful about just dividing the area by population.

So although there is no doubt that everyone on earth could fit on the Asian continent, would they actually be able to live there? Some parts of Asia aren't necessarily very easy to live in.