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Here on Earth, ~1,000 babies will be born in the next 4.5 minutes.

Data scientist Pratap Vardhan created this data visualization showing where they will be located based on estimated population & birth rates. https://pratapvardhan.com #map #data
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

I hope those two babies in the Australian outback will be okay! It's dangerous out there.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

I did not find the mentioned visualization on babies born on the linked website - do you have a direct-link url?
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Who can think of bringing a child into the world in the face of the destruction of our environment? In face of the rise of fascism?
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

This always makes me sad. To think the world is getting so overcrowded and everyone needs food, shelter, everyone wants a phone, shoes, everyone wants to choose from multiple marmelade brands, from different colours house paint, everyone needs 'it all' and so many are quite demanding about it. Humans are the real locusts.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

This is just crazy. And how many are unjustly born I wonder?
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

is it looks like there is a correlation between poverty and birth rate. Or is it between developed vs developing countries. Or is it even a religious thing? Will the transition of developing countries into developed result in a decline of birth rated? And also interesting if there is a correlation between death rate vs how many babies are born. This infographic results in so many questions.
in reply to (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝑱𝑬𝑵𝑺

@jens Fertility rates are highest in regions where child mortality is high and health conditions are poor. They go down as women have access to education, entering the labor force, and healthcare including family planning.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Cue the whining from racists and unleashing of neo-eugenics suggestions.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

About 109B people have lived & died. Each grain of sand represents 10M.

Several folks have asked about death rates after the previous post, so I'm resharing this incredible data visualization of human life on Earth by Max Roser from Our World in Data. /2
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

What would be interesting would be to multiply each life with its life-expectancy. Shorter lives put much lower burdens on the planet.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Looking at this, you quickly realise that the zombie apocalypse is indeed coming as soon as the bottom part is full.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Here's a twist on that, I'm pretty sure there are more people living today who are free from poverty and the threat of violence and war, more alive today than all the ones who lived and died in all of human history. Or it's very close.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

I’d like to see these figures set against the size of the region, size of agricultural land available, availability of potable water and life expectancy.

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