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This table extends the one found on page 94 of the Director's Guide out to 200 years, corrects them to factor in the drop in growth rate from 4% to 2% after 50 years of age ( which the text on that page describes), plus provides unrounded values and the percentage Earth-born.
Using these corrected figures restores a very important aspect of the 2300AD rpg: the rural nature of most colony worlds.
GDW's own character design system stresses the difference between those raised in the high-tech Core, and those on the lower-tech Frontier. Characters from a frontier world have a mix of background skills to choose from ( hunting, riding, etc) that only makes sense if the both the population total and density ( people per square kilometer) is low.
Colonization Effort ( and Earth-born percentages) Age Heavy EarthB% Median EarthB% Light EarthB% 0 100,000 100.00% 50,000 100.00% 10,000 100.00% 5 257,072 87.52% 114,995 86.96% 25,706 87.53% 10 448,172 78.10% 194,069 77.29% 44,814 78.10% 15 680,674 69.78% 290,275 68.90% 68,061 69.79% 20 963,550 62.27% 407,325 61.38% 96,345 62.28% 25 1,307,713 55.44% 549,735 54.57% 130,756 55.45% 30 1,726,437 49.23% 722,996 48.41% 172,624 49.24% 35 2,100,472 40.47% 933,795 42.84% 223,562 43.61% 40 2,555,542 33.26% 1,190,264 37.81% 285,537 38.52% 45 3,109,204 27.34% 1,502,298 33.28% 360,938 33.94% 50 3,782,820 22.47% 1,881,935 29.23% 452,675 29.82% 55 4,176,536 20.35% 2,129,846 28.17% 512,797 28.76% 60 4,611,231 18.43% 2,403,559 27.04% 579,177 27.63% 65 5,091,169 16.70% 2,705,762 25.87% 652,466 26.44% 70 5,621,059 15.12% 3,039,418 24.68% 733,384 25.23% 75 6,206,101 13.70% 3,407,802 23.48% 822,723 24.01% 80 6,852,035 12.41% 3,814,527 22.28% 921,360 22.79% 85 7,565,198 11.24% 4,263,584 21.11% 1,030,264 21.60% 90 8,352,587 10.18% 4,759,380 19.96% 1,150,502 20.43% 95 9,221,928 9.22% 5,306,778 18.84% 1,283,255 19.29% 100 10,181,751 8.35% 5,911,149 17.76% 1,429,825 18.18% 105 11,241,474 7.56% 6,578,424 16.72% 1,591,649 17.12% 110 12,411,493 6.85% 7,315,149 15.72% 1,770,317 16.10% 115 13,703,288 6.20% 8,128,553 14.76% 1,967,581 15.12% 120 15,129,535 5.62% 9,026,617 13.85% 2,185,376 14.19% 125 16,704,226 5.09% 10,018,152 12.98% 2,425,839 13.29% 130 18,442,813 4.61% 11,112,887 12.15% 2,691,330 12.45% 135 20,362,354 4.17% 12,321,562 11.36% 2,984,454 11.64% 140 22,481,682 3.78% 13,656,038 10.62% 3,308,086 10.88% 145 24,821,590 3.42% 15,129,406 9.91% 3,665,401 10.16% 150 27,405,038 3.10% 16,756,124 9.25% 4,059,908 9.48% 155 30,257,373 2.81% 18,552,152 8.62% 4,495,475 8.84% 160 33,406,583 2.54% 20,535,113 8.04% 4,976,374 8.24% 165 36,883,565 2.30% 22,724,462 7.48% 5,507,327 7.67% 170 40,722,434 2.09% 25,141,681 6.96% 6,093,542 7.14% 175 44,960,855 1.89% 27,810,486 6.47% 6,740,770 6.64% 180 49,640,415 1.71% 30,757,061 6.01% 7,455,362 6.17% 185 54,807,027 1.55% 34,010,318 5.59% 8,244,330 5.73% 190 60,511,384 1.40% 37,602,177 5.19% 9,115,414 5.32% 195 66,809,455 1.27% 41,567,880 4.81% 10,077,162 4.94% 200 73,763,035 1.15% 45,946,336 4.46% 11,139,009 4.58%