NZ Domestic Cricket by Population base.

Teams NZ Domestic Cricket	Population Base	Population
Northern Districts	Whangarei	58700.00
	Hamilton	241000.00
	Tauranga	141600.00
	Rotorua	59100.00
	Taupo	24700.00
	Total Catchment	525100.00
Auckland	Auckland	1570000.00
Includes Manakau North Shore	Pukekohe	32100.00
	Total Catchment	1602100.00
Central Districts	Napier Hastings	134000.00
	Palmerston North	86600.00
	Nelson	65500.00
	New Plymouth	58300.00
	Gisborne	37200.00
	Total Catchment	381600.00
Wellington	Wellington	418500.00
	Kapiti	42700.00
	Total Catchment	461200.00
Canterbury	Christchurch	404000.00
	Timaru	29100.00
	Total Catchment	433100.00
Otago	Dunedin	122000.00
	Invercargill	51200.00
	Queenstown	21850.00
	Oamaru	13590.00
	Total Catchment	208640.00

  

Added to Wellington as missed Lower and Upper Hutt.  Combined 145900 which bumps Wellies to  617,100

Populating the Earth - contagian

1927 - 2,000,000,000
33 years later  -  (1960) 3,000,000,000
14 years later - (1974)  4,000,000,000
13 years later  -  (1987) 5,000,000,000
12 years later  - (1999) 6,000,000,000
12 years later - (2011)  7,000,000,000
Current is 7,632,000,000

Clear to see that the Population in over 100 years has exploded (more than doubled)??

Why??   - food, health and governance.  Is it too many or when will it be considered too many??