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You seem to be forgetting that during this time period the world population grew from 2.5B to 7.5B. That's faster than the fertility rate decreased. > Globally
by meritt 8y ago
You seem to be forgetting that during this time period the world population grew from 2.5B to 7.5B. That's faster than the fertility rate decreased.
> Globally, the population of young people has decreased.
The proportion of the population which are young people has decreased but the total population of young people has increased significantly: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.0014.TO https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.0014.TO
- twoslide 8y agoIndeed, I missed "% of total" on that graph, thanks
- crazynick4 8y ago> You seem to be forgetting that during this time period the world population grew from 2.5B to 7.5B. Older people were also staying alive longer - the death rate no longer offset the birth rate to the same extent as before.