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@shoof Yep there are indeed outliers to this phenomenon, but generally it seems more religious countries have more children than non-religious or more secular countries.

@12shzarmai 55 Technically, while a lot of high birth rate countries have more attachment to religion, it's not necessarily causation than it is correlation. Catholics, Hindus, Jews, and Muslims have maybe 1-2, or maybe 4 to 6 children depending on the country our region they live in, and that number depends entirely on the culture the parents grew up in. Even in wealthy, relatively religious countries like the US and Korea, socioeconomic status seems to affect birth rate more, which is why it's not considered to be much of a factor compared to poverty, culture, and child mortality. I don't know about most religions preaching about childbirth though, but for sects that do I'd assume that'll be a more substantial factor.

@David Z Indeed, you're right

Great video :)

I like science

7:35 is all you need to know.

So Thanos has the wrong idea.

North Africa is really only African by geography and not by anything else

Listened with headphones, damm dead mountain are geniouses

4:46 So you're saying diversity is not a strength? Who could have known? ...

@ProvenScroll guess that depends on how you define "working". i can't see muslim culture working anywhere in europe and it's not much better with the black community. USA probably works a little better cause you don't have so much social welfare and people are somewhat forced to join the workforce.

I think he meant for developing nations, diversity is not really a problem when a nation is developed because at that point there is an stable established government that everyone listens to. That's why nations like the usa and most of europe work, because they have been around for so long

My country was poor and iliterated in the 1960s, gdp per capita was $50 in 1965 because my country's first president become autocratic and corrupt (same as the second one but things little better during his regime) since 1959 and average child is 6 in 1960 but now decline into 2,3 now

::Zerosum economic theory has entered the chat**

That's why Bill gates has turned up with his all important infertility... I mean covid vaccine.

Africa is a corrupt shit hole, I can't believe with all this starvation and war they're still having more kids than anywhere else.

Why don’t we use nuclear bombs on Africa to reduce population, good idea 💡

Things to do in Bangladesh: 1) Leave

Bangladesh didn't exist in 1960's

African countries don't need attention and investment, they need old and new colonial influences to get the f*ck out of there, part of this entails giving back what we stole and are still stealing. It's a disgrace. Not them. We. are.

I think everyone knows why Africa has always been the way it was/is... 🙄 But that subject is taboo!

It doesn't matter if there are 11 or 15 or 20 billion humans at the end of the century or how many siblings one or the other commenter has, there are already far too many humans on earth right now! Even 7.86 billion humans are not sustainable for much longer.

Asia was also colonized and was heterogeneous. But their governments didn't fuck up as much as their african counterparts. The US even invaded vietnam to destabilize it.

Africans need to stop having children 😱😱😱

Isn't the global issue an unfair and unbalanced distribution of resources rather than overpopulation? I wish this was explored because it is not a fact but an opinion that not everyone shares, yet it has been presented as a factual issue without any nuance in the video.

You're correct; it is factually accurate that the problem is terrible governance and not "overpopulation". Malthusianism has been proven to be wrong for centuries: resources that used to be scarce are made abundant by advanced technologies. For example: overpopulation will never exist because technological progress increases the planet's carrying capacity.

Population? Come to India!!!

Sub-Saharan Africa : Im in trouble The Sahara : make it double Corruption : :))))))

If Africa becomes educated and medicated what’s left is being feared by those bitter colonial people unwilling to let black people have their own land without their close enough to touch involvement. You don’t see Africans reporting on European growth rates or even studying others the same in anthropology, other nations interfering with the continent is what made a free land cost money in the first place. Bill & Melinda didn’t fund this comment 👨🏿‍💻

My dad is indian and he has 4 or three other siblings. my mom on the other hand has none

4:40 is that German empire?

⚫️⚪️🔴 yes. But Germany, like Italy, had no Real colonies and very weak colonies. Germany colonies lasted only 20 years.

Of course Bill Gates would fund a video discussing population.

THE HUNGER GAMES There a solution

Africa: condoms? Never heard of that

Қандай? Сондай

Great video and good to see they made sure to show how different those countries are to each other. Too many times people talk about Africa as if it's a single country and all its people are the same.

Very interesting. I can see why China is making long-term ties with Africa now.

simply giving money to poor countries isn't really helpful at all. Building Schools and Hospitals in poor countries helps a lot more as a long term investment and it allows undeveloped nations to have the resources they need to develop themselves and not have to rely on other countries.

Births per woman nah really i mistook it for births per man,iguana,elephant and quasars

This video spends 70% of time hedging against potential criticism and only 30% on actual information. Is this the kind of discussion culture we want to have?

From what I remember from Sociology class, having more kids actually is helpful economically in poorer economies without child labor laws. Sure, they're another mouth to feed, but also another member of the family bringing in money. Maybe this thinking has changed and my Sociology class was wrong

That’s true and also high mortality makes you want more kids

Idiots watching this: something something Bill gates vaccines blah blah

Why is this recommend to me?. I don't give 2 shits about africa.

Then scroll past dunce

Overpopulation is not a problem by itself. Overconsumption is the problem...

So China's new silkroad project save the world actually, huh?

Africa was held back because of its heterogenity? I thought diversity is a strength?

Not when you group up a bunch of different ethnic groups that want to kill eachother. Like imagine if you took a french man and english man from the medieval period and asked them to co-operate, one of them would end up dead.

We can't let christianity mess up Africa like it did in the philippines

I'm from Egypt My dad have 4 siblings, mum 2 siblings Me 2 siblings And i will have 0 kids

But still amazed that africa is still double as less crowades as europe

Poop.

He repeated so much that the answer is complex I didnt understand anything

How about white people stay out of Africa and worry about themselves

Modern medical system is the reason for population explosion. You could refer Gandhi's Hind swaraj(book)

People have lots of kids because many of them will die. Then medicene comes in, and people are still having lots of kids because that's just how things work. Now you got a boom in population and those kids don't want that many children. That next generation will have less kids and population growth slows or stops

My grandpa: 12 siblings My mom: 2 siblings My dad: 1 sibling Me: 1 sibling *Vietnam here* 😃

They called me a madman.....

My grandpa : 7 siblings My dad : 5 siblings Me : 1 sibling My cousin : No sibling Country : India

It seem our world could still sustain 12 population

Before watching this I will say you make a video on India's population 😂

Stop sending aid. Population growth will soon stop

ded read deremption

Mom: stepbrother Dad: stepsister Me: "I'm autistic as shit" Welcome to Alabama

My Dad :13 siblings My Mom :11 siblings Me :0 siblings (I'm alone 😛) Well, welcome to present day Bangladesh . 🙂

This is a perious issue nowadays.

Did anyone else see clippy?

Kazakhstan 🇰🇿😂

*4:48* ok then why are the countries not split into more culturally homogeneous nations? Why would it be the Europeans fault that they aren't solving an issue that has been prevalent for ~60 years

@em When the people had no autonomy? whats your point?

Damn and you know a time when the government was stable When under colonial rule

@em because there were few stable governments in place to do that?

That's why I am asking why the African governments did not collaborate to create more representative borders. If people hate the arbitrary European drawn lines why are they kept?? In the Western world there have been votes held on the matter of territory, such as if Scotland wanted to become independant, same with Quebec. Other disbutes such as ownership of GIbraltar and the Falklands have been put to a vote.

Because Europe drew the lines in the sand for their colonies, then when they couldn't keep their colonies they just said, "I'm leaving you can clean up the mess I made" and didn't redraw the maps. Europe didn't care about Africa when they couldn't exploit it any more and just left a bunch of different ethnic groups to fight.

@4:31 no, no the reasons are not complicated bro, did you even go to college? Condoms... are expensive..... every time and you can't reuse them..

I'm from jordan Mom: 11 siblings Dad: 8 siblings Me: 3 siblings

In my opinion there can neve be an over population cause if many people are born...then many people will work and many people will die too...... And not all families want big families.... Look at japan, the more inteligent you become the more conservative your preferences in fathering sons and daughters 🤷‍♀️ just saying my thoughts

0:23 gotta love that Nirvana Easter egg...

you must create a video about colonization many westerns do not know how their ancestors make world measurable place for many countries

Africa: breeds like rabbits Woke leftofascists: white people, don't procreate, you overpopulate the planet hmmmmm

It's not just Africa that is overpopulated.

my mom has 10 siblings while i have 5.

al long France is feeding conflicts and civil wars I don't think thats going to happen

the plague is coming

Strange how elon musk still has 5 kids. Poor dude. Never used his money to treat himself

if anyone wants deeper historical context, "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" is essential reading!

1:39 yes that's how most of us speak just try to talk to a full irish person

5 billion Africans is really too much, considering how small the usable agricultural land will be in 2100. We may need another Trump in the US who accidentally hits the red button and blows up all the big cities in Africa. The survivors can still build states so that the population in Africa would still be 1 billion in 2100.

You here it: Virginity is cool, stay pure

They have to eat the children lol

I guess there should have been қалайсың instead of қандай where Kazakhstan is shown btw

isn't fair investment a gift?

uh... what are those circle thingies that are in a small plastic uhh... thingy in this video? I'm only 12.

wow, damn good work ethiopia, that's some impressive improvement in such a short time

nukem

Stop the crazy population boom in Africa.

2:47 wait are you sure these are not drugs

Over population was a problem till vivid can around

Wtf is vivid?

NO... NOT... *CLIPPY!!!*

This video is bs. Sub saharan Africa needs to have 4 billion minimum by 2050. This is a racist video.

Yeah China needs a new workforce so they can enjoy their new life as a highly developed country. It seems it's going that way.

What?

I am a Nigerian. Mum - 24 siblings Dad - 16 siblings Me - 5 siblings. Me - 2 kids and counting. Plan to have 2 more but would love to have 5 in total.

24? sheeees!!

i wish gouvernements could unite together and try to give money and education to the poorest country and participate to their developpement

@Major Tob Of course if the money comes from a corrupt country then...expect even more corruption. It's the situation in Africa as we speak.

@EyFmS it doesn't "get lost" it goes exactly where it was intended to go. The majority of foreign aid is just bribe money get Business and Influence in a poor nation

@EyFmS yes, that's what i'm saying; i think developped country should keep an eye on poor education and how they spend money so like that there will be no corruption :^

@みみきP official Of course, education is a solution, this is why one of the relief packages they was to build schools. It's a complicated issues since even with the proper structure you still need teachers and a education system that works, sadly those things poor countries usually lack terribly. With the case of Haiti it's a double edged situation...if you send too much they can become a country of beggars that will forever rely on foreign aid...they need to learn to rise up.

@EyFmS what i mean is money and also EDUCATION, countries should supervise in the back if the money they give is well used. they perfectly know that what they give is not fully invested in the project but they probably do nothing about it.

1:29 That paperclip seems familiar..

I'm from India, my dad (including him) has 5 siblings and my mom (including her) has 4 siblings and I'm their only child......

Don't breed what you can't feed

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I want to see a video about Central America

but overpopulation is a colonialist myth, if the richest countries in the world weren't hoarding all the resources, this wouldn't even be a debate

If others want resources they can trade or come and get it

If you care at all about the world and are truly wish to educate people then tell them the truth about the vaccine. Tell them what it really is. Tell them who is really controlling the human race.

@Mr Tortoise The truth always brings out the best in people. Unlike you mr vaxxer I am awake and prefer to raise awareness. Now go do some research and stop calling people anti vaxxers when they are trying to save you from demise. More specifically the covid vaccine is not a vaccine. If it is then please show evidence of it ever being isolated! Also please show me the proof that this vaccine protects you against the virus and what happens to your body in the long term. So until you have these studies well documented and is accessible to the public I think it's you that needs to SHUT THE F**K UP!

@Filthy Rodriguez correct.. now shut up you anti vaxxer you give people bad ideas

@Mr Tortoise You're a tortoise!

Ummm what?

Why dont you do a video on how BILL GATES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVID VACCINES AND GLOBAL DEPOPULATION.

because he isn’t

Prove it

"Bill Gates & Africa Depopulation" should be the title of this video.

Bill Gates watched this video and decided to release COVID.

Hitler and Bill Gates loves this video ❤️

What?

3:54 there's me :)

my dad : 1 younger brother my mom : 1 younger sister me : 1 younger brother that's Finland. families have been pretty small for a long time now

One of the biggest issues is countries investing in the economy, but in the wrong way. I live in Zimbabwe and China is extracting natural resources for themselves instead of the government owning the mines. If the government owned the mines and were less corrupt then the government would have a lot of money for investment. China is helping us very little, and we don't want them taking our resources, but the government does, because China is paying good money, but only to the government which is, like I said earlier, corrupt. It simply won't work. There's another issue: Getting resources here is hard. Many, many resources here aren't produced close by because there is low amounts of people who can buy it, so the only resources that are cheap is locally farmed. Buying ice cream in like 7 USD because it's shipped from absurd distances. If there were more factories in African nations, we would have much more jobs and much more people who can afford the product. The problem is, companies are too afraid to invest in African nations, because the confidence for a return on investment is low. I wish people would understand us better. Not all of us are starving and poor. In fact, most of us aren't. We're humans too. I get up, I have a morning routine, I go to work like everyone else in the world. I buy groceries every week, and I make plans. Investors assume that we're all too poor, but I've been avoiding saying poor, because we're really not. Generalizing Africa like that is already offensive. Countries like Botswana have a surprisingly good average quality of life, even in the rural areas.