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Why the world population won’t exceed 11 billion | Hans Rosling | TGS.ORG

Hans Rosling uses population statistics to explain why the world population will level off rather than grow without limit. He shows that falling child mortality and rising prosperity lead to smaller families.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Offered as an approachable, data-driven rebuttal to Malthusian overpopulation fears.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
THINK Global School
Topic
world population
Format
lecture
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
8
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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  • I highly recommend by the late Hans Rosling: Why the world population won’t exceed 11 billion. It explains quite well what the sister comment by riffraff refers to. [1]: [VIDEO]

    leipert on Hacker News · 2017-11
    In Human Beings Almost Vanished from Earth in 70,000 B.C

  • What do you think the benefits of mandatory population control are? Have you seen any of Hans Rosling's [1] talks on the topic of population growth? After watching, would you still think there is need for mandatory population control? [1] [VIDEO]

    PaulMest on Hacker News · 2018-03
    In Giraffes Added to the Endangered Species List (2016)

  • Hans Rosling rebuts this, especially in Factfulness.* If you look at population trends in countries worldwide, populations routinely level out only after improving underlying economic and health conditions. When infant mortality is high and children are an economic necessity, parents compensate by having many kids. …

    brownbat on Hacker News · 2019-06
    In The population of Africa will more than triple by the end of this century

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