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THough I agree education will bring down the world population I don't see it happening in Asia or Africa any time soon. One of the major reasons for the change
by xbmcuser 9y ago
THough I agree education will bring down the world population I don't see it happening in Asia or Africa any time soon. One of the major reasons for the change and drop in population growth in the west was not just education but the world wars where large number of male population was either fighting or died and resulted in woman joining the workforce in large numbers. Japan had a similar thing happen after the war. China because of its 1 child policy had a similar effect with more women entering the workforce and being educated.
- vadimberman 9y agoIn Asia, it has likely happened already. In the poster boy of overpopulation, Bangladesh, the fertility rate dropped from 6.2 children to 2.1 children per mother (https://www.ft.com/content/f60e2ddc-0bbc-11e1-9861-00144feabdc0 https://www.ft.com/content/f60e2ddc-0bbc-11e1-9861-00144feab...). No Asian country today has fertility rate above 2.5 AFAIK (except maybe the Philippines).
- harryf 9y agoYou might find it interesting to read up on other things by the late Hans Rosling e.g. https://www.google.ch/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-39211144 https://www.google.ch/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-39211... - one of his key arguments is the Wests beliefs about 3rd world population growth are largely outdated and lack awareness of how much progress has been made.
- lugg 9y agoHe has a lot of good videos out there but this is the one specifically covering Africa / population predictions and the misconceptions / dated knowledge. https://youtu.be/FACK2knC08E https://youtu.be/FACK2knC08E