At NYC's population density of 41.25 people per acre, 7.8 billion people would fit into an area of 189 million acres, or an area about 10% larger than the state of Texas. Alaska, at 365 million acres could give the world's population almost exactly half an acre, which is still respectably larger than the average suburban lot size of 1/3 an acre.
If we want one acre per person, the African continent all by itself at 7.5 billion acres could provide that for 96% of a 7.8 billion population figure.
Not saying overpopulation is a myth because it absolutely is, just be sure to use accurate figures (check your work) when creating these kind of infographics/memes/bumper sticker arguments.
Whoever created this got some numbers mixed up.
At NYC's population density of 41.25 people per acre, 7.8 billion people would fit into an area of 189 million acres, or an area about 10% larger than the state of Texas. Alaska, at 365 million acres could give the world's population almost exactly half an acre, which is still respectably larger than the average suburban lot size of 1/3 an acre.
If we want one acre per person, the African continent all by itself at 7.5 billion acres could provide that for 96% of a 7.8 billion population figure.
Not saying overpopulation is a myth because it absolutely is, just be sure to use accurate figures (check your work) when creating these kind of infographics/memes/bumper sticker arguments.