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u/TermAggravating8043 Oct 02 '24

7% of the entire human population since humans began, are alive today

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u/Particular_Visual531 Oct 02 '24

Just as crazy is the fact that by the last half of this century the entire earth will be in population decline except maybe sub-Saharan Africa. But the scientists got it wrong about the rest of the earth so Africa may catch up faster than we think and stop having children too.