Using t=(1/k) ln (N/No), determine when at the growth rate of 1.24% per year, the worlds population of 6.16 billion in 2001 would grow to occupy the earth at a density of 1 person per square meter (1 person/m^2) of dry land. The earth has 1.31 x 10^14 m^2 of dry land. Thus this number also represents the population size that would fill the earth if only one person would occupy the area of one meter.
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