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Population needs

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2025-03-06 10:14:53

Introduction

This is an estimation of how much public service and resources are needed to keep a population happy.

It is most useful when planning a city, when you need to know how many and how large shops, police stations etc. you need. It also tells how much resources a population consumes. That is useful when planning local storage and transportation.

For simplicity I've used data per worker, not separately for the other population groups. Consumption and needs for the non-working part of the population is included in the worker's own needs. The reason for this is that the working population fluctuates least and use most of the services. They are also the limiting factor for residential buildings and therefore most useful when planning a new city. So there is no need to worry about children's need of food, or prisoner's need of clothes. It's already included in the worker's needs.

How I Got This Data

All this info I've got by testing. Test results is only as good as its parent data. I've tried to be as accurate as possible. But as a population's need is changing, these estimations might sometimes be quite far off. Especially the public service needs. I've got that info just by looking into all the service buildings while the game is running and estimating how much of their capacity are used on average. Services needed are also dependent on things like radio propaganda, prison policy, pollution and so on. I made these tests in my current game. Policies are what they are. See the the chapter Test parameters for more details.

When in doubt, I've usually used a slightly higher value just in case.

In any case, these numbers should be close to what they should be. At least it won't be too far of. When it says you'll need 3 polices for every 1000 workers, there is no point in having 10. But if my tests are bad or your game is playing out differently, it might be 2 or 5.

To get the resources used, on the other hand, I've used data from a whole year with a quite stable population. Those numbers should be quite accurate.

In both public service and resources it's best to have some spare capacity. More for some services than others. In some cases I might mention that.

Some services, like media, electricity and heating are not mentioned at all. The need of that kind of services are more dependent on other things than population size.

If you have any better data or something that should be mentioned, please tell in the comments and I might update this guide.

Test Parameters

version 0.9.0.13

Hardest settings, everything enabled.

Resouces used tests

Start 5 sept 1968 End 5 sept 1969 Total population 5100 - 5600 Average population, workers 3600 Average population, total 5350

At the end of the testing

Average productivity 85 % Unemployement 0 % Average age 32 years Average lifespan 78 years Alcoholism 18 %

Policies during my testing.

Radio

Usage 83 % Culture 30 %

Orphanage

Culture 33 % Sport 34 %

Public Service Needed By Population

Workers 1000

Estimated population 1500

Service Need Add reserve cappacity Note Sport 30 Visitors Only used facilities not affected by temperature Culture 25 Visitors Hospitals 10 Patients +100 % In case of catastrophes or epidemics Shops 60 Visitors +25 % Critical infrastructure Car shops Not tested Orphanages 25 Orphans +25 % Might be too low Kindergarten 50 Children Might be too low durring baby-booms Schools 30 Students +25 % Needs more cappacity when importing workers University Not tested, varies greatly depending on your needs Police 3 Polices Courthouse 1,5 Judges Prison 10 Prison cells +50 % Highly dependent on your current situation and length of sentences Secret Police 7 Polices Depends on distance to travel

Workers 30.000

Estimated population 45.000

Service Need Add reserve cappacity Note Sport 900 Visitors Only used facilities not affected by temperature Culture 750 Visitors Hospitals 300 Patients +100 % In case of catastrophes or epidemics Shops 1.800 Visitors +25 % Critical infrastructure Car shops Not tested Orphanages 750 Orphans +25 % Might be too low Kindergarten 1.500 Children Might be too low durring baby-booms Schools 900 Students +25 % Needs more cappacity when importing workers University Not tested, varies greatly depending on your needs Police 90 Polices Courthouse 45 Judges Prison 300 Prison cells +50 % Highly dependent on your current situation and length of sentences Secret Police 210 Polices Depends on distance to travel

Resouces Needed By Population

Daily consumption

Workers 1000

Estimated population 1500

Resource Amount Add reserve capacity Note Workers for public service 110 Workers Depends on how much Public service you offer Food 440 kg/day Keep enough reserves Meat 100 kg/day Clothes 14 kg/day Electronics 27 kg/day Alcohol 49 kg/day Might vary, depends on alcohol preferences. Fresh water 12 m3/day +50 % Critical resource. Don't risk the water running out.

Waste production

Workers 1000

Estimated population 1500

Waste type Production Notes Waste water Same amount as fresh water consumed All waste 265 kg/day Hazardous waste excluded, as that is always stored separately Metal waste 9 kg/day Plastic waste 12 kg/day Biological waste 68 kg/day Mixed waste 175 kg/day Hazardous waste 12 kg/day Only produced at hospitals

Daily consumption

Workers 30.000

Estimated population 45.000

Resource Amount Add reserve capacity Note Workers for public service 3.300 Workers Depends on how much Public service you offer Food 13,2 tonnes/day Keep enough reserves Meat 3,0 tonnes/day Clothes 420 kg/day Electronics 810 kg/day Alcohol 1,5 tonnes/day Might vary, depends on alcohol preferences. Fresh water 360 m3/day +50 % Critical resource. Don't risk the water running out.

Waste production

Workers 30.000

Estimated population 45.000

Waste type Production Notes Waste water Same amount as fresh water consumed All waste 8 tonnes/day Hazardous waste excluded, as that is always stored separately Metal waste 270 kg/day Plastic waste 360 kg/day Biological waste 2,1 tonnes/day Mixed waste 5,3 tonnes/day Hazardous waste 350 kg/day Only produced at hospitals

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