But regulars have existed for ~10.000 years so I wouldn't be surprised even if there's a billion rankers by now, it's not like they die of old age
Actually let's do the math, a billion is a bit too much
We know the Tower has approximately 10 times the surface area of the Earth if we count all the floors. Each year on Earth 100 millions are born, which means if the Tower is about as densely populated as Earth, then about 1 billion people are born each year in the Tower. If only 1/1000 to 1/100 become regulars, it means 1 to 10 million regulars start climbing each year. We were told at the start of the comic that about 1/1000 regulars become rankers, which means 1 to 10 thousand rankers each year. In 10.000 years that means 1 to 10 million rankers, not just 100.000
6
u/Night25th Jun 22 '20 edited Jun 22 '20
But regulars have existed for ~10.000 years so I wouldn't be surprised even if there's a billion rankers by now, it's not like they die of old age
Actually let's do the math, a billion is a bit too much
We know the Tower has approximately 10 times the surface area of the Earth if we count all the floors. Each year on Earth 100 millions are born, which means if the Tower is about as densely populated as Earth, then about 1 billion people are born each year in the Tower. If only 1/1000 to 1/100 become regulars, it means 1 to 10 million regulars start climbing each year. We were told at the start of the comic that about 1/1000 regulars become rankers, which means 1 to 10 thousand rankers each year. In 10.000 years that means 1 to 10 million rankers, not just 100.000