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soda_cookie t1_iwq30jx wrote

I did not expect that trend line to be pointed down

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11160704 t1_iwq5res wrote

Population growth is faster in Africa than in India

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ElderberryJumpy9901 OP t1_iwpvrh6 wrote

Data Source -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

Charted on Excel.

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This demonstrates that India has always been one of the most populous part of the world due to multiple climatic & geo-political reasons.

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SirLoinThatSaysNi t1_iwq622x wrote

I wonder if it's a coincidence that the Mughal invasion in the early 16c happened after the Indian population halved over the preceding two centuries. Perhaps the reduced population made India an easier target for their expansion.

(I'm not a history buff, just interested in stuff)

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BeigianBio t1_iwqj4x2 wrote

The chart doesn't say that India's population halved in that time, rather it didn't grow was fast oas the rest of the world. OK, technically, the ROW population may have remained static, and India's halved, but that seems unlikely.

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Envenger t1_iwr7f8w wrote

India was always populated having one of the most fertile lands in the world.

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tamadeangmo t1_iwrpym5 wrote

What is classified as India here ? The current borders or by contemporaneous definitions ?

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ElderberryJumpy9901 OP t1_iwsurg6 wrote

This data includes population of present day Pakistan and Bangladesh till 1820.

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sunchaud t1_iwt4m01 wrote

May I ask why 1820? The Partition separating the British Raj was in 1947

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ElderberryJumpy9901 OP t1_iwt51sh wrote

Wikipedia doesnt give the reason for this. My guess would be the availability of more detailed census data which allowed for excluding these reasons in later calculations.

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ManasZankhana t1_iwtcs5z wrote

Can you make another chart with that data still included

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