The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
The worldwide growth rate in the past year was just under 1%. At the start of 2024, 4.3 births and two deaths are expected worldwide every second, according to the Census Bureau figures.
The growth rate for the United States in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide figure. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year’s Day of 335.8 million people.
People. Pull out. Always.
Well that’s unescessary
Or WW3. One of the obstacles to universal basic income is too many people.
Yeah. There was a guy calling everyone a eugenicist for simply saying we need less people to help bring down climate change.
He said that was just a ploy.
I can’t wait to not exist, for many reasons. But people like that is at the top of my list.
…in one spot, mostly big cities.
the earth is still mostly vast, and needs to spread all the people to a more habitable area.
All the most habitable spots are already taken. The only spots left have major disadvantages.
You can’t just ‘spread out’ all the people. It doesn’t work that way. Not everyone wants to live on a cliffside road in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, or wherever. Nor is it advantageous in any way to do so.
All the efficiencies for transportation and infrastructure are possible because of big cities. One of the biggest contributors to us getting climate change under control will be our ability to leverage the most amount of green energy policies for the least amount of resources.
I hope the birth rate declines. Too many people fucking up everything.
Leading economies all have low birth rates. I believe the US is still below our replacement rate without immigration. Where are populations growing fast? This article does not say. My guess is low cost of living areas like third world counties?
In “3rd world” African countries, kids are still often used for labor so it’s beneficial for families to have more children. I believe India has taken over China’s place as the most populated area. There are also countries like Aghanistan, with rulers who have banned birthcontrol - although given the exodus when the U.S. bailed, I don’t know where they stand growth-wise rn
