But even in the image example, how would that work? The people have no momentum, they wouldn’t flop out, just fall back through, and then stay half in half not. According to you, air resistance wouldn’t even push them out because as soon as it goes through the portal the air is not moving relative to the people. I think your blatant lack of respect for relativity is unnerving and gets super confusing very quickly.
While I don’t think these numbers are particularly doctored, I have learned caution from using ourworldindata.
I believe it is largely funded by Bill Gates and so has biases to retain the status quo, as this keeps the billionaires at the top.
Of course there are no unbiased sources, but something to keep in mind.