“That’s 3,285,000 people a year. Is that possible ? Sad if it is. “
It seems very high. If that was true, the arid countries without water would have no people now.
That figure is probably a combination of disease, starvation, lack of water, war, etc. Either way, the number still seems very high.
People are constantly being replenished by unskilled labor which enjoys the work. Even in arid areas.
I suspect a lot more people die from dirty water than from total lack of water.