He said the estimate is extreme, but said even China's 1.4 billion people can't fill all of them. "How many vacant homes are there now?" The most extreme believe the number of vacant homes are now enough for 3 billion people. But China has yet to publish an official estimate on the total floor space of its empty homes. Government statistics from August say the total area of all unsold homes in China is around 7 billion square feet, per Reuters.

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