Why does 80% of the world’s population live on plains (up to an altitude of 500 m) and only 1%

Why does 80% of the world’s population live on plains (up to an altitude of 500 m) and only 1% in mountains at an altitude of more than 2000 m?

since in the mountains there is more rarefied air, a colder climate, destructive natural phenomena that worsen human life very often occur in the mountains: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, landslides, avalanches.



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