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DON'T PANIC — Hans Rosling showing the facts about population

Hans Rosling uses data and animated statistics to show how world population is changing, why birth rates fall as child survival and wealth rise, and why population is expected to peak around 11 billion. It also tackles common misconceptions about Africa and family planning.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN repeatedly recommends it to counter overpopulation alarm with data on falling birth rates.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Gapminder Foundation
Topic
world population
Format
lecture
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
8
HN mentions in dataset
16
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2021

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From the original HN conversations

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  • This video seems relevant: [VIDEO] According to Hans Rosling we've reached "peak child", meaning we're almost at 2 children per woman globally. This means population will continue to grow for a few years as globally there are more children than adults but will stabilize after …

    lentil_soup on Hacker News · 2017-06
    In The Old Are Eating the Young

  • Until the modern era, the global birth rate was fairly constant at about six per woman. The population growth we've experienced over the last century is mostly to do with child survival. Before 1900, the child mortality rate in India was over 50%. If you …

    jdietrich on Hacker News · 2017-11
    In India's Indira canteen: The best meal you can buy for 13 cents

  • Because there is no world overpopulation. People talk about overpopulation since ancient times. [LINK] Currently standard of living are growing almost all over the world and human population is predicted to pick and stabilize at around 11 billion. I really recommend "DON'T PANIC — Hans …

    Isinlor on Hacker News · 2019-09
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