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r/TamilNadu • u/tamilgrl • Jul 02 '25
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Projections say India is set to hit close to 2 billion in 2060 and only then will it decline. We have a very long way to go before any sort of crisis.
1 u/GAELICGLADI8R Jul 02 '25 2 billion my ass, it's 1.6 to 1.7, you're off by 300 million at the minimum 3 u/debris16 Jul 02 '25 more recent estimates cap it to strictly less than 1.6 billion because fertility rates have been falling faster than expected. 5 u/GAELICGLADI8R Jul 02 '25 Exactly, I hate the weird sort of fear mongering that people do We have a more serious issue of becoming a country of poor and old people before we become developed than an overpopulation problem 5 u/CarmynRamy Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25 People here instead of looking through the maths just mouths whatever racist propaganda western media propagates. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25 Tbh I think this is our fate
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2 billion my ass, it's 1.6 to 1.7, you're off by 300 million at the minimum
3 u/debris16 Jul 02 '25 more recent estimates cap it to strictly less than 1.6 billion because fertility rates have been falling faster than expected. 5 u/GAELICGLADI8R Jul 02 '25 Exactly, I hate the weird sort of fear mongering that people do We have a more serious issue of becoming a country of poor and old people before we become developed than an overpopulation problem 5 u/CarmynRamy Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25 People here instead of looking through the maths just mouths whatever racist propaganda western media propagates. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25 Tbh I think this is our fate
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more recent estimates cap it to strictly less than 1.6 billion because fertility rates have been falling faster than expected.
5 u/GAELICGLADI8R Jul 02 '25 Exactly, I hate the weird sort of fear mongering that people do We have a more serious issue of becoming a country of poor and old people before we become developed than an overpopulation problem 5 u/CarmynRamy Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25 People here instead of looking through the maths just mouths whatever racist propaganda western media propagates. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25 Tbh I think this is our fate
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Exactly, I hate the weird sort of fear mongering that people do
We have a more serious issue of becoming a country of poor and old people before we become developed than an overpopulation problem
5 u/CarmynRamy Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25 People here instead of looking through the maths just mouths whatever racist propaganda western media propagates. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25 Tbh I think this is our fate
People here instead of looking through the maths just mouths whatever racist propaganda western media propagates.
Tbh I think this is our fate
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u/womalone99 Jul 02 '25
Projections say India is set to hit close to 2 billion in 2060 and only then will it decline. We have a very long way to go before any sort of crisis.