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World Population Growth
- dredmorbius 10y agoThis is a deep and excellent compilation of global population demographics. I'd add a few additional observations: 1. Population doesn't always follow a logistic curve. See Ireland, particularly before and after 1850. http://www.mapspictures.com/ireland/history/ireland_population.php http://www.mapspictures.com/ireland/history/ireland_populati... 2. The land area per capita plot is a very interesting direction to take the discussion. The more so if you consider solar flux and things derived from solar flux, such as food. For humans, and non-humans. Recent trends become all the more fascinating. https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/_bi5uhywbdyukhfy-eayjw https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/_bi5uhywbdyukhfy-eayjw 3. There's looking not only at population but total biomass. Paul Chefurka has plotted out how human and nonhuman vertabrate biomass compare over time. Another fascinating insight: http://peakoilbarrel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Terrestrial-Vertebrate-Biomass.jpg http://peakoilbarrel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Terrestr... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152825071748824 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152825071748824