Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
The world's average elevation is 2,700.'
Average elevations by country...
USA: 2,500'
China: 6,000'
India: 525'
Russia: 2,000'
South Africa: 3,400'
Indonesia: 1,200'
Brazil: 1,000'
Pakistan: 3,000'
Nigeria: 1,200'
Mexico: 3,600'
Japan: 1,400'
Phillipines: 1,400'
Ethiopia: 4,300'
That's over 58% of the world population by country living at an average of 2,400 as established by word population by country, and average elevation of those countries.
I didn't try to say anything. I said it.
Global/national geographic average elevations don't reflect where people actually live. They don't live on mountain tops at all, and they tend to concentrate near oceans and rivers (ease of transport way back in the day).
From the naval power projection perspective, a large majority of the global population lives very close (helicopter/strike fighter range) to an ocean.
I'm pretty confidant that the average elevation of the global population is well under 1000', probably within a few hundred feet of sea level.
The average elevation of air travelers actually may be a bit higher...folks in the boondocks may have more need/desire to travel.