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lqdc13 on Dec 24, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Children of Men”'s vision of the future is now di...

Sure, but why does it stop? It doesn't seem to be a specific population density, but culture + economics.

Like for example, look at this Haiti plot: https://knoema.com/atlas/Haiti/Population-density

It is already 1.5x more dense than Germany. 3x more dense than China. Would it stop? When?

Why is Switzerland 9x more dense than Ireland? Is population of Ireland expected to eventually grow to that of Switzerland?

naasking on Dec 24, 2016 | [–]

Yes, environmental factors largely dictate the fertility rate, particularly economic such as career opportunities, and health care related (longevity and particularly infant mortality).

AnAfrican on Dec 24, 2016 | [–]

density for countries is such a bad datapoint... (remember half of China is empty which lowers the national average by a lot)

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