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So the nuclear bombs destroyed civilization and killed so many people. But how many didn't die?

Let us assume that the nuclear bombs killed about 90% of the 8 billion people who were alive in 2052. That means that 800 million people survived the bombs, but about half of those were killed by radiation, so that's 400 million. And over 3 generations, everybody on average has 2 kids. That means 1.6 billion people have been born in 97 years, but lets say 10% of those have died in war, crime, or natural causes, so roughly 1.440 billion are alive.

(All of these numbers are a rough estimate.)

What does everyone else think? 