Why Almost Everyone Lives in the Northern Hemisphere

About 87 percent of humans live north of the equator. That is about 7.2 billion people on a planet of about 8.3 billion. The south gets about 1 billion. This is not a climate wall. It is a land wall. On December 5, 2012, NASA released a night picture of Earth built from 312 satellite orbits and about 2.5 terabytes of city light. Almost the entire smear sits north of a line you cannot see. About 68 percent of Earth's dry land is in the Northern Hemisphere. Antarctica is about 14.2 million square kilometers of ice with a winter population of about 1,000. About half of all humans live between 20 and 40 degrees north. 0:00 The night map 0:48 Lights Above The Line 2:05 Where The Land Went 3:20 A Continent With No One 4:50 The Farm Belt 6:10 Rivers That Built Cities 7:25 And It Gets Worse 8:55 Australia In June 10:15 What Does Not Flip 11:20 The Line You Cannot See Land shares, populations, and densities are approximate, from public geographic and census figures. This is an explainer, not a forecast. #NorthernHemisphere #Geography #EarthScience #Population #Equator #Antarctica #WhyWeLiveHere #LifeIsEasy Visuals are original AI-generated stills. Audio may be synthetic. Not medical, legal, or financial advice.