@๐ฅ Pancake Inspector ๐ฅ 500x2.5=1.250
500/2x5=1.250
China grew their population from 500 million to 1.270 billion in 50 years.
Accounting for accidents, some dying early, an average of 5 kids per woman is correct.
What makes it even more impossible is the fact that the one child policy is said to have lead to families killing their infant daughters.
Lowering the female population way under 50%
Thus the Chinese women must have had at least 10 children to be able to grow the population 2 and a half times.