Chapter 48 - The demographics of Atlanta circa 2010 (Patreon)

At this point in the timeline the Atlanta metropolitan area alone had a 2010 population of approximately 5.26 million. The population of Earth was around 7 billion. Without my ship’s sensors to scan the surface, I had no idea of the exact number of walkers now roaming the Earth endlessly, hunting the living. Assuming at least 99% of the old human population were now walkers, which was optimistic I thought, that meant that there were probably 6,930,000,000 walkers ‘hunting’ humanity endlessly, with no need for food or water or rest. Of course, that was a gross simplification. During the initial outbreak many died or were taken out by various governments to prevent people from rising, but that was roughly the reality of the situation.