Re: [HIST] IAS Population

Thomas spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

As an aside, do we assume the England of today or the England of the 
date the quote is made... hence suggesting a higher pop for Albion.

> On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, John M. Atkinson wrote:
> 
> > Laserlight wrote:
> > > 
> > > >>I think there was something about "the largest off-Earth
population = 180
> > > >>million" being in the published Word.
> > > >
> > > >I didn't realise that such a limit existed, sorry. By the way,
where was
> > > > the word published
> > > 
> > > dunno.  John Atkinson posted it,
> >
> > There's a mention _somewhere_ of the point where Albion reaches the
same
> > population as England.  Which is currently in the neighborhood of
160
> > million
> 
> umm ... it's about 60 million; i assume that '1' was a typo. unless
the
> whole spice babies effect has been quite a bit more significant than i
> thought :-).
> 
> Tom
> 
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