Gloranthan demographics (short and boring)

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From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 23:48:17 +0100 (BST)

Roger McCarthy sez:
> Now my maths may be at fault here, but a fifty-fold increase in
> population in 1620 years presumably means that on average the Genertelan
> population has doubled in size roughly every 33 years.

I'll say. At that rate it would at present be 599564831692010377483 (appoximately).

A doubling every 288.39 years would appear to suffice, to produce that size of increase over Time. Now, this may or may not be more than whatever period in RW history you choose to compare it with, but that doesn't really say anything about the population pyramid, just that the birth/death ratio is greater than 1. (Sorry, not feeling _quite_ pedantic enough to actually work it out.)

> If my estimate of 1 million Genertelans in 1 ST is a reasonable one this
> therefore means that for the past 1600 years population growth must have
> averaged 3% p.a.

According to my own calculuations, approx 0.24% p.a.

Slainte,
Alex.