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>the only continent where population is continuing to grow is Africa No, the only continent where population isn't growing is Europe [0], where it is relativel
by ac29 9y ago
>the only continent where population is continuing to grow is Africa
No, the only continent where population isn't growing is Europe [0], where it is relatively flat. Everywhere else is growing. For individual countries, the only ones with negative growth are in Europe, Islands, and Syria [1].
[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/270859/natural-rate-of-population-growth-by-continent/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/270859/natural-rate-of-p...
[1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW?year_high_desc=false https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW?year_high_d...
- toasterlovin 9y agoYeah, but birth rates have fallen below replacement in huge swaths of the world. And Pakistan is the only country outside of Africa that has fertility rates above 3 children per women. Which means that, if the demographic transition continues, the entire world except for Africa will be at below replacement fertility in several decades. Population can continue growing for a while after birth rates fall below replacement, but the writing is on the wall: if Africa can modernize, then the world population will start declining. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility#/media/File:Countriesbyfertilityrate.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility#/med...
- mooreds 9y agoThanks to both you and GP for digging up the facts!
- toasterlovin 9y agoI think the most interesting avenue of thought to stroll down is considering what humanity looks like after we evolve resistance to whatever it is about modern life that results in low fertility rates. In other words, which types of people are immune to modern life and have lots of children anyway. Happy (thought) travels!