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To put it this way, in our world, healthy population growth in a developed country is on average 2.1 children per woman. That number is higher in less developed countries due to various factors.
So with that in mind, the global population is 7.95 billion, of which 4 billion are men and 3.95 billion are women (actually, I found that somewhat surprising, I would have thought the reverse. Oh well). (Oh and just for reference - 3.95 billion is 3,950,000,000) If we look at the age metrics of the global population:
- 5.02% are aged over 65
- 40.92% are between the ages of 25 and 64
- 16.87% are 15-24
- 22.47% are 5-14
- 14.72% are under 5
Okay, so we have some numbers there.
Let's apply them to the world that Harem Hotel is in, just focusing on that population of 1 billion elves (for the sake of simplicity we'll just say the genders are evenly split).
As well as that, we're also going to presume that the world is considered developed.
We have a population of female elves of 500 million (500,000,000). Despite the elves longevity, we're still going to go by the age metrics as the youngest and eldest elves aren't capable of child bearing. So we're looking at the Elven equivalent of the 15-24 and 25-64 age groups (or 57.79% of the population)
We're looking at population of 288,950,000 (57.79% of 500 million) who can bear children. For there to be a healthy population growth, each of them would need to bear 2.1 children during their lives, or 606,795,000 children for the next generation, or 606 million elves.
Except there is not a healthy population growth happening because the population isn't in a position to be growing. Slavery, trafficking and experimentation is having an impact on the elven population. Breeding stock isn't a means to ensure healthy population growth. It's just making new stock for someone to buy. And of course, that's not even getting into the idea that many elves will never have children.
The Owl Clan isn't going to do much to help, be it as slaves or to help bring in new blood.
So with that in mind, the global population is 7.95 billion, of which 4 billion are men and 3.95 billion are women (actually, I found that somewhat surprising, I would have thought the reverse. Oh well). (Oh and just for reference - 3.95 billion is 3,950,000,000) If we look at the age metrics of the global population:
- 5.02% are aged over 65
- 40.92% are between the ages of 25 and 64
- 16.87% are 15-24
- 22.47% are 5-14
- 14.72% are under 5
Okay, so we have some numbers there.
Let's apply them to the world that Harem Hotel is in, just focusing on that population of 1 billion elves (for the sake of simplicity we'll just say the genders are evenly split).
As well as that, we're also going to presume that the world is considered developed.
We have a population of female elves of 500 million (500,000,000). Despite the elves longevity, we're still going to go by the age metrics as the youngest and eldest elves aren't capable of child bearing. So we're looking at the Elven equivalent of the 15-24 and 25-64 age groups (or 57.79% of the population)
We're looking at population of 288,950,000 (57.79% of 500 million) who can bear children. For there to be a healthy population growth, each of them would need to bear 2.1 children during their lives, or 606,795,000 children for the next generation, or 606 million elves.
Except there is not a healthy population growth happening because the population isn't in a position to be growing. Slavery, trafficking and experimentation is having an impact on the elven population. Breeding stock isn't a means to ensure healthy population growth. It's just making new stock for someone to buy. And of course, that's not even getting into the idea that many elves will never have children.
The Owl Clan isn't going to do much to help, be it as slaves or to help bring in new blood.