Fertility rate by countries. The future are black. Number 1 to 31 are either African or majority black nations

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You can't predict population growth from just fertility rates - you need to account for life expectancy. I'm guessing if you adjusted for life expectancy you're prediction would look a whole lot different, because there aren't that many Africans, and the fertility rate being high isn't a new thing there

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

there aren't that many Africans

I mean, if you consider 1.4 Billion to be "not that many"...

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I mean, if you consider 1.4 Billion to be "not that many"...

Relatively. Thats an entire continent. India and China have that many people in a just one country despite having lower birthrates, and those countries are nowhere near the size of Africa

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

True, but I was surprised to find that Africa is the second most populated continent.

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Its higher than I thought as well, I didn't think Africa was developed enough to achieve that population density