How many people were on earth before noah ark flood?

Answer 1

This depends very much on a number of variables which need to be clarified in order to understand the conclusion reached. It must also be remembered that it never was the intention of any Biblical author to satisfy the modern thirst for detailed information and statistics. However, using various assumptions an answer can be arrived at which must be seen for what it is - our best estimate based on available information. Others may come up with different estimates based on other assumptions. The assumptions used to come up with the figure below all take The Bible to be an accurate record of the events it describes - although of course not at all directly addressing the question we here have in hand.

The first of these is the acceptance that the flood was worldwide. This is made clear by the Biblical record repeatedly.

Secondly is the time frame from creation to the flood. A number of figures are available on this - even people like Newton and Keppler did their calculations and came up with similar time periods. The best known calculation is of course Ussher's time of 1656 years.

Thirdly, the rate of reproduction - using conservative figures of population growth based on the information provided in the Biblical record, then the figure arrived at would be around 7 Billion people.

Source: Henry M. Morris The Genesis Record: Baker, Grand Rapids,1976. p 143-144.

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Answer 2

According to the Bible, just the members of Noah's faithful family survived. This would be six or eight people. Since this happened in prehistory, the facts are unavailable. Nearly every culture in the world has a version of the event, however.

Answer 3

According to the Book of Genesis, only Noah, his three sons and all their wives were on the Ark, so only they survive the Flood - a total of 8 people.

To these, we must add the many millions of people known to have lived throughout this period, unaware that there was a catastrophic, world-wide flood. Archaeological evidence of these 'survivors' has been found in places such as India, China, Japan, Egypt and so on.

Answer 4

Eight people survived the Flood. The Flood (and its connection to this number) is, to this day, preserved in Chinese ideograms, and is known from records all over the Earth, in addition to the detailed account in Genesis (ch.6-8). See:

Evidence of the Flood

Answer 5

8 survived the flood. Noah and his wife, his 3 sons and their wives.

Answer 6

God saved eight people out of the Great Flood. Noah, his wife, his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and their three wives. These were the sole survivors to repopulate the earth.

Answer 7

Tradition places the Flood in 2104 BCE. Estimates of early world population vary widely. The average of the differing estimates for 2100 BCE is around 45 million.

Answer 8

Eight people survived the flood.

Answer 9

Yes