At least 7 billion people
If the water to rise then that could wipe out things like Florida which is only 10 feet above sea level and the population could go down depending on how high the water rose
What kind of geography is this
The Gobi Desert spans across Mongolia and China. It specifically runs across northwestern and northern China and Southern Mongolia. The Gobi is a large desert region in Asia and is a rain shadow desert formed by the Himalaya range blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean from reaching the Gobi territory. The Gobi is most notable for it being the location for several important cities in the Silk Road and as part of the Great Mongol Empire.
One crop is all they grow