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Peak growth rate (as percentage, not the absolute number of people per year) was half a century ago. We are now seeing the effects of a huge base value (i.e. si
by _Microft 6y ago
Peak growth rate (as percentage, not the absolute number of people per year) was half a century ago. We are now seeing the effects of a huge base value (i.e. size of the world population) while the actual growth rate is lower today, see graph [0] from the article on future population growth [1] in "Our World of Data". Overpopulation is a problem that is going to solve itself as people get older.
[0] https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/06/2019-Revision-%E2%80%93-World-Population-Growth-1700-2100-772x550.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2019/06/2019-Revision-%E2...
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/future-population-growth https://ourworldindata.org/future-population-growth
- mac01021 6y agoi'm not sure what precisely you're trying to say. If P(t) is the global population at time t and P' is dP/dt, then you're saying 1. P(2020) is huge, and 2. P'(2020) is low P' -> 0 as t increases beyond 2020 #2 is indeed true, but it means that P will be at least as huge going forward.