"Uncertainty about the future and concerns about the ecological impact of the growing human #population were key factors also identified by research.
But concerns also differed in different parts of the world, Dillarstone said. “There was a concern that came out only in Zambia and Ethiopia, which was about a family’s ability to subsist and acquire resources,” she said."
"Why is there no doctors or scientists or educated #people in #gaza?" Because #Israel is killing them all. The majority of the #population in gaza are under 18, Israel kills them before they get to college, and also kills the ones who do.
"African countries have a vital resource that aging societies are losing: a youthful population brimming with energy, ideas and creativity that will shape their future, and the world's."
I sometimes feel in two minds about this debate - I can see the impact of an ever-growing population on infrastructure and the environment, but on the other hand there are advantages in maintaining a younger population and diversity. Hmmm
Immigration: Cutting migrant numbers would be a mistake for Australia
#Map by Kasey Klimes illustrates how apparent population density based on building height doesn’t always jive with actual population density. Remember people live and work in different locations, and people move throughout the day. #cartography#mapping#NewYork#Manhattan#population#UrbanGeography
One interesting Taiwan population trend is that Taiwan now has 587,000 indigenous Austronesian citizens. 30 years ago there were only 310,000 indigenous Taiwanese. The rate of increase has slowed considerably in recent years though. These figures do not count the estimated 900,000 plains indigenous people. At least several hundred thousand of these will soon obtain indigeous status due to a recent Constitutional Court decision.
Ayon sa 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), ang fertility rate ng mga babaeng edad 15-49 taong gulang sa Pilipinas ay bumaba mula sa 2.7 children noong 2017 hanggang sa 1.9 children na lamang noong 2022.
#ElonMusk, in an interview commenting on his 11 children, noted that society’s biggest threat is, as he described it, “Population Collapse”. This seems to be a mantra of Silicon Valley tech bros & gurus, including a lot of bloggers and podcasters - it’s like the holy grail - and it is so backasswards wrong on all levels that it is simply stunning anyone believes this. I know the economics involved, but in the age of robotization and automation, this is simply BS. These idiots (who all consider themselves geniuses entitled to lead the way) NEED to maintain the status quo at all costs for their models to work and their billions to be protected; when what the planet and the human race needs is downsizing, less resource extraction, less travel, reduced emissions and fossil fuel use, less globalization and more local ecosystem development. It’d be a short-term burden for some, but #PopulationCollapse would save the planet and the human race in the long run. #Population#PopulationTrends#Demographics#Extinction
NYT: after peaking at 10 billion this century we could drop fast to 2 billion (www.nytimes.com)
Most people now live in countries where two or fewer children are born for every two adults.