What is the maximum population that Britain could accommodate?
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The answer to this sort of question depends very heavily on the type of assumptions and limitations you want to place on the calculation. If you were turn all of Britain into one big city you should be able to approach a population density of at least 25,000 people per square km a value exceeded in many cities. Given Britain's area that implies a population of about 6.2 billion people. Obviously it would require that the most of the rest of the world be depopulated and devoted to feeding just the people of Britain. So you can see what I mean about how this answer depends upon your assumptions.
It all depends on what you call 'maximum'. One way of looking at it is to use the 'ecofootprint' which, put simply, is the area needed to produce what is consumed and deal with (or absorb) what is discarded by a person. For the average brit the area needed is about 6.26 hectares per person. The UK land area is 244,820,000 hectares which makes enough space for just over 39 million people. Just as well we import so much!
no one knows
because you literally share your bedroom with another person, and they can import food from other countries, and reuse water
so no one can give you a definite answer
576,653,225 people assuming none of them keep pets.
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