Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Follow-Up: Three Estimates Of Nigeria's Population and Rank In 75 Years

 Although I am a fan of Charlie Munger's all-purpose turnaround:

"Think about it a little more and you will agree with me because 
you're smart and I'm right."
--Mr. Munger quoted in "Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with..."

I realize that probably does not cut it for our readers. So when I make a statement like "Depending on who is doing the forecasting, with Nigeria's population continuing to boom and China's population shrinking fast (How Serious Is China's Demographic Doom? Almost Beyond Comprehension), there is the very real possibility that Nigeria will be the second most populous nation on earth." in an earlier post, long-suffering reader has every right to query "WTF Climateer dude, cites and sources please."

First up, The World Economic Forum in collaboration with Visual Capitalist:

https://assets.weforum.org/editor/kiaQnPHDP-jWRssiSyjxu9xiIgFqKIF5JazGyKElQEk.jpg

....MUCH MORE

From Population Pyramid:


CountryPopulation
1
India1,529,850,119
2
China766,673,270
3
Nigeria546,091,663

And from Statista:

In 2100, Five of the Ten Biggest Countries in the World Will Be in Africa 

https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/20298.jpeg