[REQUEST] In terms of population, how big does a town or city need to be before you could reasonably assume that, at any given moment, there are at least two people having sex?

Input interpretation

United States | population | age 18 to 29

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Result

30.82 million people

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Population fraction

9.97% of total population

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Population pyramid

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Population by age and sex

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Comparisons

 ~~ 0.88 × current population of California ( 34.994 million people )

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Input interpretation

United States | population | age 30 to 39

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Result

20.08 million people

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Population fraction

6.49% of total population

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Population pyramid

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Population by age and sex

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Comparisons

 ~~ 0.78 × current population of Texas ( 25.6747 million people )

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Input interpretation

United States | population | age 40 to 49

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Result

21.14 million people

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Population fraction

6.84% of total population

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Population pyramid

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Population by age and sex

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Comparisons

 ~~ 0.82 × current population of Texas ( 25.6747 million people )

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Input interpretation

United States | population | age 50 to 59

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Result

22.21 million people

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Population fraction

7.19% of total population

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Population pyramid

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Population by age and sex

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Comparisons

 ~~ 0.87 × current population of Texas ( 25.6747 million people )

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Input interpretation

United States | population | age 60 to 69

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Result

22.45 million people

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Population fraction

7.26% of total population

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Population pyramid

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Population by age and sex

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Input interpretation

United States | population | age 80 to 89

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Result

5.769 million people

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Population fraction

1.87% of total population

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Population pyramid

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Population by age and sex

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Comparison

 ~~ 0.65 × current population of New Jersey ( 8.8212 million people )

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Input interpretation

solve (1-14.7/(24×60×60))^x<0.5

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Solution over the reals

x>(log(2))/(log(288000/287951))

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Number line

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