What If: Science, Theory, and Possibilities

If Earth's Entire Population Lived in a Single Skyscraper


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With nearly eight billion people on the planet, things can feel pretty crowded. Let’s imagine housing every single person on Earth in one giant skyscraper. A building big enough for all eight billion of us doesn't exist yet, so we'd have to build it from the ground up.


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00:00:00: Living in the Same Skyscraper
00:00:58: Thanks Better Internet!
00:02:16: Iceland
00:02:54: Australia
00:03:27: United Kingdom
00:04:02: Philippines
00:04:36: Mexico
00:05:16: The U.S.
00:06:20: India
00:07:28: The Earth Tower

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