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by Double_Cast
4479 days ago
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I looked at your graph, and I was wondering about that too. I'm no expert, but consider this. Population growth is usually expected to be exponential. The fact that the graph looks linear we could interpret as a positive sign. Also, if we check out the Earth's growth rate [1], the percentages have indeed slowed down. The left part (1965 - 1970) peaking at 2.10% looks like Generation X, the children of the baby boomers. The latest datum at 2012 returns 1.15%, and is still trending slightly negative. The growth rate charts become more interesting as you isolate specific regions and countries. Sub-Saharan is the only region which is mostly trending positive [2]. Japan has received some press in recent years because its growth rate has actually crossed the x-axis[3] . [1] https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9... [2] https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9... [3] https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9... |
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