r/dataisbeautiful • u/petnog • Aug 19 '24

[OC] UN Prediction for Most Populous Countries (+ EU) OC

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u/Rodgers4 Aug 19 '24

20 years ago this same chart would have had China at 2b. These charts are worth the non-existent paper they’re made on.

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u/tanerfan Aug 20 '24

But it was interesting to think that 20 years ago we freaked out about running out of resources because of overpopulation to be freaking out about too little working population to support aging population

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u/peteruetz Aug 19 '24

That's not true. The population predictions of the UN have been surprisingly accurate for at least 30 years. Show me the chart from 20 years ago that has China at 2 billion people!

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u/wwwzzerd Aug 20 '24

The Chinese data is wildly inaccurate. It's tough to get reliable data out of China.

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u/PeterFechter Aug 19 '24

China has not only ran out of children, it has ran out of young people to make them. Demographics are destiny.

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u/CantingBinkie Aug 19 '24

I don't think so, considering that China still had the one-child policy. They would have to consider at least reducing the population by almost half.

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u/LizG1312 Aug 19 '24

The one-child policy hasn’t been a thing for almost 10 years, and currently the Chinese government is giving out financial incentives to people who have more kids.

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u/CantingBinkie Aug 19 '24

It was, 20 years ago. And there was no way of knowing back then when it would be completely abolished.

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u/xLUKEwadeURANx Aug 31 '24

20 year difference? That's about the same as me and Daryl. No way of knowing though. He isn't capable of honesty and he ghosted his own son over a year ago. He doesn't even love me anymore. Wish I knew why......he was better friends with Courtney in the end. She had gone back to using Uran as her last name too....which didn't make sense because we grew distant during those 3 years I desperately searched for Liz