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Have you looked at how, for example US population has grown in the late 19th century? The rates have been extraordinarily greater than today.
by KptMarchewa 3y ago
Have you looked at how, for example US population has grown in the late 19th century?
The rates have been extraordinarily greater than today.
- xienze 3y agoThe US would also take breaks where they greatly reduced immigration levels in order to let things "settle" a bit, instead of running it full throttle with no end in sight. AND of course, birth rates were significantly higher, which is what drove a lot of growth. Which can be accommodated much easier from a housing stock perspective, as mentioned earlier. The situation today isn't exactly the same.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoOnly "break" was a recent decade, with smallest increase of population in time. Up till 1860s US was growing at over 30% every decade, up till 1910 20%, and up till 2000 over 10%, with only exception being 1940s... due to known reasons. "Foreign born" percent of population was higher in the 1800s as well.