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India’s population has already overtaken China’s, analysts estimate

japantimes.co.jp

2 points by alboy 3 years ago · 6 comments

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mytailorisrich 3 years ago

We really need to stop presenting population growth as a positive. The article even uses the term "population dividend".

At global scale and in the current global situation the news that China's population had most likely peaked was the good news.

This, coupled with the mention that half of India's population is under 30 (ie population growth may keep going for quite some time) is the bad news, though it's even worse in Africa.

  • godelmachine 3 years ago

    You didn't justify why population growth is bad.

    The world is increasingly accepting the fear of population collapse and its a real threat. India is the only country in the world with decent replacement levels.

    No country wants to end up like Japan.

    • mytailorisrich 3 years ago

      Do I need to justify?

      Do you read the news? Are you aware of the current environmental crisis and climate change crisis?

      Global population has been exploding since the 50s and, coincidentally so have emissions and environmental destruction.

      The HN crowd is not that fast, sometimes.

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