Editing Planet generator (section)

==Population==
The population of a planet in the Imperium can vary from a few dozen settlers or scientists on a frontier world up to the billions on a hive world.

Note that the Imperium does contain worlds with a population higher than that possible on the following table. The reason for the maximum on this table is that Dark Heresy is set against the backdrop of the Calixis Sector where the capital of Scintilla has, at 25 billion, the largest population in the sector. If you are generating a world that is to be set outside of the Calixis Sector, you may wish to extend or modify this table to create even larger populations.

The roll to determine the population of a planet gets two modifiers applied, based on the class and size of the planet.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" |Planet Class Modifier
|-
|'''Hive World'''
|<nowiki>+40</nowiki>
|-
|'''Penal World'''
|<nowiki>-10</nowiki>
|-
|'''Agri-World'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''Forge World'''
|<nowiki>+20</nowiki>
|-
|'''Mining World'''
|<nowiki>+10</nowiki>
|-
|'''Developing World'''
|<nowiki>+10</nowiki>
|-
|'''Fortress World'''
|<nowiki>+20</nowiki>
|-
|'''Feudal World'''
|<nowiki>-20</nowiki>
|-
|'''Feral World'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''Shrine World'''
|<nowiki>-10</nowiki>
|-
|'''Cemetery World'''
|<nowiki>-20</nowiki>
|-
|'''Pleasure World'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''Quarantined World'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''War World'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''Dead World'''
|<nowiki>-40</nowiki>
|-
|'''Death World'''
|<nowiki>-30</nowiki>
|-
|'''Frontier World'''
|<nowiki>-20</nowiki>
|-
|'''Forbidden World'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''Xenos World'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''Gas Giant'''
|<nowiki>-50</nowiki>
|}


{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" |Size Modifier
|-
|'''Miniscule'''
|<nowiki>-30</nowiki>
|-
|'''Tiny'''
|<nowiki>-20</nowiki>
|-
|'''Small'''
|<nowiki>-10</nowiki>
|-
|'''Average'''
|No Mod
|-
|'''Large'''
|<nowiki>+10</nowiki>
|-
|'''Huge'''
|<nowiki>+20</nowiki>
|-
|'''Enormous'''
|<nowiki>+30</nowiki>
|-
|'''Massive'''
|<nowiki>+40</nowiki>
|}


{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! colspan="2" |Roll Population
|-
|'''01-05'''
|10d10
|-
|'''06-10'''
|(10d10)x1,000
|-
|'''11-15'''
|(10d10)x10,000
|-
|'''16-20'''
|(10d10)x100,000
|-
|'''21-25'''
|1d5 millions
|-
|'''26-30'''
|1d100 million
|-
|'''31-35'''
|10d100 million
|-
|'''36-40'''
|5d10 Billions
|-
|'''41-50'''
|10d10 Billions
|-
|'''51-70'''
|10d10 tens of Billions
|-
|'''71-90'''
|1d5 Hundreds of Billions
|-
|'''91-100'''
|5d10 Hundreds of billion
|-
|'''101-110'''
|1d10 Trillions
|-
|'''111+'''
|10d10 Trillions
|}

As stated previously, population numbers may not be accurate outside of Calixis. Conservatively, Terra alone has hundreds of trillions. Realistically, more like hundreds of quadrillions to a few quintillion. Hive Worlds can grow absurdly huge. Since Terra is the biggest, keep it under this. At a minimum though, tens of billions at least for a relatively small Hive World (generally one hive of 10+ billion still counts as a Civilized or Industrial World). Rolling on the hive world generator linked earlier is better for determining this.