Overpopulation & Africa

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For most of our history, the human population grew slowly. Until new discoveries brought us more food and made us live longer. In just a hundred years the human population quadrupled.
This led to apocalyptic visions of an overcrowded earth. But the population growth rate actually peaked in the 1960s. Since then, fertility rates have crashed as countries industrialize and develop. World population is now expected to balance out at around 11 billion by the end of the century.
But the big picture conceals the details.
Let us look at one region in particular:
Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2019 it was home to a billion people living in 46 countries. Although its growth rate has slowed down in the last few decades, it is still much higher than in the rest of the world.
While some projections expect around 2.6 billion people others reckon with up to 5 billion by 2100.
Such growth would be a huge challenge for any society. But Sub-Saharan Africa is also the poorest region on earth.
So is Sub-Saharan Africa doomed? And why do the projections vary by 2.4 billion people?
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@Henry-rl5pc 3 жыл бұрын

@oakleygolden-pursey6636 3 жыл бұрын

3 mins ago?!

@afewofmycommentsarecringy.8646 3 жыл бұрын

1st Like

@mrshark3273 3 жыл бұрын

No way you’re here

@MikeFightsBears 4 жыл бұрын

"without generalizing, this video would be an hour long" *hour long kurzgesagt video when*

@NikolaProlic 4 жыл бұрын

Drawing their animations takes Kurzgesagt a lot of time. It's simply not the type of video format they make

@bartonkim9672 4 жыл бұрын

it wount be 'kurz' gesagt anymore

@bartonkim9672 4 жыл бұрын

....langegesagt?

@paxpacis2 4 жыл бұрын

Also kurzgesagt literally means "shortly said"

@shubhamchandra5417 4 жыл бұрын

@@paxpacis2 thankyou!

@Ali___ 3 жыл бұрын

As I'm living in Namibia I can say "investments" from other countries will go straight to the president and politicians' pockets, not the economy. Corruption is law here and in SA

@armaansewduth4261 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better my friend, I know how u feel, governments are corrupt and people are scared of these corrupt governments because they control everything

@tash_g 3 жыл бұрын

Kenya too.

@armaansewduth4261 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought of Kenya to be bad🤔

@Ali___ 3 жыл бұрын

@@tash_g honestly guys what's going on in Africa? We're better than this. Why is everyone in power so selfish

@tash_g 3 жыл бұрын

@@armaansewduth4261 oh! It is bad! We have corruption scandals at least every week. But nothing ever happens

@LadyDoloris Жыл бұрын

I love how so many more countries are getting out of the poverty that is having 7 children with only 4-5 surviving. Not only is it making you hopeful, but it also means that we can stop letting all the talent go to waste. There are so many people out there with so many qualities and ideas that society needs.

@dripcat7332 11 ай бұрын

THIS!!!

@geraldmaxwell3277 2 жыл бұрын

The culture part is a major problem. Too many communities educate their boys all the way to university, but force the girls to drop out once they reach Grade 8.Teenage pregnancies plague those who opt to continue past Grade 8 and so do issues like poverty and getting a poor quality education in the rural schools

@franciscofragoeiro5229 4 жыл бұрын

Even in some parts of Europe there was a huge demographic shift since the 50s. My father has 12 siblings. I have one sister.

@Matheus_Braz 4 жыл бұрын

Here in Brazil my mom has 11 siblings, I have one, my dad has two.

@mukkaar 4 жыл бұрын

Same here, both mom and dad had around ten siblings. I have 3.

@owenwarrington6541 4 жыл бұрын

Edited comment as I keep getting notifications when I have nothing against old people and ageing populations.

@bunniifangz 4 жыл бұрын

I’m third gen Mexican American my mom was one of 9 siblings, my dad one of 4, and I am an only child

@Hero4fun77 4 жыл бұрын

I'm born in indonesia living in the netherland now. My mom has 8 siblings. I have 3 brothers.

@Villle89 4 жыл бұрын

”This video would be about 1 hour long.” I would not mind that but the animators would probably commit not living anymore.

@Ultrasound700 4 жыл бұрын

What if to make it an hour long, it was more like a slide show with a few primitive animations?

@OtakuD50 4 жыл бұрын

Next Kurzgesagt video: The plight of professional web animators.

@jesseabrahamlucas9810 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody should ask animators to make videos as long as one hour.

@AnonReaper1 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@swagga7644 4 жыл бұрын

Commit not live

@Revy8 7 ай бұрын

Africa: we have no food Also africa: lets quadruple our population

@quantisticman8415 7 ай бұрын

Western countries: Exploit Africa Also western countries: Why Africa have no food?

@elpaso4765 6 ай бұрын

blaming whites for your failures every time.@@quantisticman8415

@Anita.Cox. 5 ай бұрын

@@elpaso4765blaming the colonization and neo-colonization of africa is not just blaming white people, its blaming the countrys and corpations that are profiting from africa which is america and europe but also china for their loan sharking and buying of african ports.

@Anita.Cox. 5 ай бұрын

Ew a malthusian🤢

@TrIIden 4 ай бұрын

@@elpaso4765 So all white people are are the reason why africa is being exploited?

@gunny4394 Жыл бұрын

Indian here, speaking of Indian population this video couldn't be more accurate. We had 4 phases in our country's population and we already had a population burst in 19's. Our population rate is significantly slowing down as our country is developing. Hopefully, soon we will be able to solve the problem of population in our country.

@Moonuuu Жыл бұрын

I think we doing great not need worry

@VeritasVortex Жыл бұрын

Muslim population is exploding

@Commielover69 Жыл бұрын

As another Indian Overpopulation is not a real thing We can easily afford to house, feed and educate our citizens just that we don't We are not growing fast We are declining in quality

@gunny4394 Жыл бұрын

@@Commielover69 I'm crying are you educated??? Or did you not pay attention to your geography classes??

@Commielover69 Жыл бұрын

@@gunny4394 geography 💀

@AGJ117 4 жыл бұрын

7:15 "Sub-Saharan Africa does not need pity or gifts, but attention and fair investment." This is my favorite statement.

@electricangel4488 4 жыл бұрын

ghana's president already has an impact

@Edmonton-of2ec 4 жыл бұрын

Electric Angel No, bad. Follow Botswana’s example. They’re the least corrupt country in Africa, beating out countries like South Korea and Italy, they’re very prosperous, beating out China in GDP per Capita, and have strong democratic traditions. They’re the alternative to the authoritarianism in Rwanda.

@CBRN-115 4 жыл бұрын

@@Edmonton-of2ec if there is hope in Africa, then it's Botswana

@Mrwutevah 4 жыл бұрын

@@CBRN-115Did you watch the video, or did you just come on here to make your uninformed statement? ^^

@sebastiand1816 4 жыл бұрын

I would really like to know, how we can really help sub saharan Africa. I heard that donating food or cloth do more harm than good, because they only cure the symptoms. I think we have to help Africa building a strong econemy. That said, we should not force african states into free trade agreements. I live in europe and I know that our agriculture is being subventioned very agressivly. Products like milk are then being importet from europe because the milk from african farmers just can't compete.

@cashyGGR84 4 жыл бұрын

It's Actually true I'm from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 My father has 7 siblings But I have just one !

@sumitroy3483 4 жыл бұрын

It's story of rest of South Asia nation also.

@cashyGGR84 4 жыл бұрын

@@sumitroy3483 I agree!

@s1ndrome117 4 жыл бұрын

my mother has 5 siblings, my father has 5 too. I only have 1

@rafaeldearaujo12 4 жыл бұрын

My father has 13 siblings, my mother has 8 but i have just 1. Im from Brazil

@jedenzet 4 жыл бұрын

@@rafaeldearaujo12 that's wrong af

@mattsmith2247 Жыл бұрын

I love videos like this and I really admire your level of transparency. Especially including links to all of your sources with a full access To information.

@nya1950 Жыл бұрын

As a South African, I can honestly say that our education system can have a beautiful impact on our country if implemented better.

@QUESTYOURLIFE 8 ай бұрын

We still have loadshedding

@user-lol 6 ай бұрын

@floppygames6930 true😢, load shedding is the worse

@Anita.Cox. 5 ай бұрын

@@QUESTYOURLIFEwhats load shedding?

@zaeeshah1451 4 жыл бұрын

I love how they warned us that they may not be completely correct at the beginning Shows that our education is more important than looking right

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It's just a disclosure to avoid youtube drama, they had a lot of it in the past because of some youtubers that believe to be too smart for their own good.

@sandakureva 4 жыл бұрын

The reason for this is because Kurzgesagt got caught a couple years ago inserting personal positions and using iffy sources. They made a video about this called "Can you trust Kurzgesagt?"

@Raymond160 4 жыл бұрын

Technically, if we ate the poor (canablism), we would solve poverty, world hunger and over population simultanously, and since you are what you eat, canables are the only humans.

@imdangrow 4 жыл бұрын

@@Raymond160 are humans healthy to eat?

@kronkrian100 4 жыл бұрын

@@Raymond160 That is not ethical. By that I mean what the majority of humanity defines as "ethical" in 2019 where everyone is, allegedly, equal and anyone has a right to voice their thoughts, again, allegedly.

@arthillidan1905 4 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt:check out our sources. Me: the sources don't have a likeable voice actor and animated birds now do they

@eliasboyd8720 4 жыл бұрын

arthillidan mc yee

@laibarehman8005 4 жыл бұрын

mood

@denisedenise5155 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@diarykeeper 4 жыл бұрын

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@kaylawuvscookies 4 жыл бұрын

@arthillidan mc the resason that those are the qualities that attract you are the same reasons this video exists.

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2yrs too late but man your video does wonders for my projects, thank you so much.

@Vanyx1000 4 жыл бұрын

"Sub saharan africa does not need pity or gifts, but attention and fair investment"

@iratepirate3896 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant book called Dead Aid about this. Aid has trapped millions in a cycle of dependency

@pysco1615 4 жыл бұрын

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@ripyungbruh8157 4 жыл бұрын

@@sharp14x Mr Freeman calm down

@craigcorson3036 4 жыл бұрын

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@dominickperez2952 4 жыл бұрын

@@sharp14x So edgy and quirky

@armanzarei32 4 жыл бұрын

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@CasparAbelmann 4 жыл бұрын

I'd donate to a Kurtzgesagt documentary of 10 hours, or a Netflix series of 40-60 minute videos. Imagine the possibilities. ;O "Langegesagt"

@johnwright3963 4 жыл бұрын

Animation Team sanity: Please no

@treborironwolfe978 4 жыл бұрын

@@CasparAbelmann After 10 straight hours you would probably *BECOME* one of their toons ;)

@ThePigeon5734 4 жыл бұрын

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If I donate, I want to be a cat, not a bird.

@roseskyewakefield5880 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all the work you put into educating us! :)

@gamerman7753 2 жыл бұрын

Really good video, glad to see you do something on such the... interesting continent which I live

@matthewburgess7808 4 жыл бұрын

I love how all the scientist birds were arguing at the beginning.

@candeo3687 4 жыл бұрын

the birds are very cute, it makes me sad every time one dies ;-;

@grissee 4 жыл бұрын

1:33 this one right?

@Jebbidan 4 жыл бұрын

@11 11 wtf

@Bluecheese1400 4 жыл бұрын

Jebbidan was a great time for you and I wanna is a time for us we are just getting to our place to go get to our new place so we get to our place to get you guys to come and get it and get some stuff done for the kids and I will have to get them to you get them to me and my kids are going to be there and I will have them to unlock the door and get them to you get them to me and my kids are going to be there and I will have a lot to say bye 👋 I wanna is that time for us and you get the girls that they can take out for a few years or

@rickharper4533 4 жыл бұрын

11 11 ok boomer

@hapiiiememes3105 3 жыл бұрын

My mother : 11 siblings My dad 17 siblings Me none Yup that's bangladesh

@MrHat. 2 жыл бұрын

how do you keep up with all your uncles and aunts?

@bikinisforever4163 2 жыл бұрын

More and more of the world is figuring it out. Hopefully Africa can do the same.

@eveangelique6624 2 жыл бұрын

It's already the case. Stop fantasizing about Africa

@nightren6148 2 жыл бұрын

he said average xD

@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059 2 жыл бұрын

My friend's grandad: 7 siblings. My friend's dad: 8 siblings. My friend: 10 siblings. Pennsylvania Dutch people for some reason haven't had much of a significant drop in fertility rates.

@salahabdalla368 2 жыл бұрын

A big problem in Africa is that it gets heavily exploited whenever it takes a serious step in the right direction Like Libya, got invaded by NATO for cheaper oil when it was the most prosperous nation in Africa😭

@zottorus6176 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, exactly. nobody cares enough to defend them because it wouldn’t benefit them.

@martinrger4109 2 жыл бұрын

So true

@sevenoxia7199 Жыл бұрын

I mean no??? I'm pretty sure its mostly US fighters and Turkish support in Libya (if that) and the Libyan Civil War is more about the government vs the army as far as i'm aware. Gaddafi was assassinated yes, but he wasn't a good leader, he was a dictator.

@spacecraftcarrier4135 Жыл бұрын

Lol what, Libya was only prosperous to its dictator Gaddafi and his elites. The average Libyan was still poor and constantly suffering.

@fernandogirard9702 Жыл бұрын

@@spacecraftcarrier4135 And they are much better now...are they?

@mrwri 2 жыл бұрын

Since this video released in 2019 the population of Africa has gone from 1.3 to 1.4 billion. So nearly 8% in 2 years.

@rockstarlifestyle9980 Жыл бұрын

Too little for the second largest continent, this guy is just crazy and has delusions of africa

@madmouse4400 Жыл бұрын

That a bad sign , big demographic increase without an increase of GDP and standard of living create an unemployed young population that'll be the source of instability (the same thing happens in the middle East ; corrupted and untrustworthy leaders help too). I live in DR Congo and the great lakes region is the region filled with militias commiting atrocities and the region is also the most densely populated of the country .

@michaelzheng5250 4 жыл бұрын

South Asian nations in the 1970s: Let’s gradually and indirectly shift the children birth rate so that our society can adapt China in the 1970s: One, take it or leave it.

@untamedpandasweg8986 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Zheng "Genocide is moral when Women are killing children out of convenience." - Leftists

@samuelcarter2624 4 жыл бұрын

UntamedPandaSweg dawg either of these options is heavily left leaning also so what’s your point

@samuelcarter2624 4 жыл бұрын

UntamedPandaSweg also anything can sound bad when you spin it that way language is immensely powerful after all. Throwing your opinions out wherever you feel like makes you sound foolish

@ehsn 4 жыл бұрын

@@untamedpandasweg8986 You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

@businessmail4929 4 жыл бұрын

China is doing it right.

@Harambae613 4 жыл бұрын

“Without generalizing a little bit, this video would be an hour long.” You say that like that’s not what we want.

@kimik-sb1bc 4 жыл бұрын

Well, the animators have lives too...

@jasonlewis4438 4 жыл бұрын

They're called "In a Nutshell" :P

@peachiee1 4 жыл бұрын

@@kimik-sb1bc Lol

@LiamCat 4 жыл бұрын

No. He has got a point

@MammaApa 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonlewis4438 Could be a coconut.

@anandbhojane8156 2 жыл бұрын

I live in India and I think my country is very overpopulated , there are just too many people

@cessnacitation-x 2 жыл бұрын

especially mumbai

@davidochieng6103 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this was certainly very informative.

@mericaman6388 3 жыл бұрын

Every 60 seconds in africa, a minute passes. Together we can help stop this.

@criogenic1839 3 жыл бұрын

Please spread the word

@zizzyzebra3008 3 жыл бұрын

Why

@MrHat. 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your attention

@trendymaths2467 3 жыл бұрын

I am touched by this.

@Toni29360 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@thabangmmese6240 4 жыл бұрын

it was short lived but none the less an amazing feeling to have my little country "Botswana" mentioned on one of my favorite KZfaq channels... Yes Kurzgesagt, you have loyal follows everywhere.

@ActuallyRocatex 4 жыл бұрын

the north south africa

@beaucaspar3990 4 жыл бұрын

Botswana is not a small country. It's rarely mentioned though tbh

@theawecat27 4 жыл бұрын

Compared to the US it is relatively small

@Parcian- 4 жыл бұрын

I read that Botswana has adopted market policies and now is one of the most growing countries in Africa. Is it true?

@theawecat27 4 жыл бұрын

There are sources that could be used to verify if this is true or not

@valeriisoldatov8854 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for a clear and detailed analysis.👍

@sarah3796 2 жыл бұрын

The detail! The beauty. Thank you 🥰

@kovona 4 жыл бұрын

As I read it, Africa actually has a lot of arable land and has the capacity to feed itself, but mismanagement and lack of infrastructure means they can't utilize it to the fullest.

@iratepirate3896 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously. The myth of it being bad for growing crops is absurd. If it wasn't for the Tsetse fly the continent would have boomed

@06wrxRAR 4 жыл бұрын

tribalism is getting in the way of development. the idea "my god is better than yours, my culture is stronger, muscular than yours"...this mentality prevents communities from working together and only results in battles. Scandinavian countries aren't so like this and have developed fast in short time.

@troywalt4834 4 жыл бұрын

@@iratepirate3896 are you a troll, if it wasn't for european colonies and overall technological transfer enabled by globalization these people would be living in mud huts mostly.

@kovona 4 жыл бұрын

@@06wrxRAR tribalism existed in every corner of the world at one time or another. There are other factors at play.

@falcongamer5867 4 жыл бұрын

You know that Zimbabwe used to be a nice place to live in before white farmers had their farms taken away from them, the same thing is going to happen in south Africa. You know what's common in both of those situations? Racism

@fswerneck 4 жыл бұрын

"But without generalizing a little bit, this video would be an hour long." Hi, I'm ready!

@azalakhir918 4 жыл бұрын

Hi ready, i'm dad

@Max-fh7ij 4 жыл бұрын

@@azalakhir918 Hi dad, I'm dad!

@Max-fh7ij 4 жыл бұрын

@@zhg4485 We know, son

@DoNotFight2 4 жыл бұрын

But animators don't look ready...

@hachanabe Жыл бұрын

Another great video. I liked the way they presented the content with a tiny grain of salt. It is a very sensitive subject when it comes to Africa in general

@viniciusfernandes2303 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@jameskingsley210 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the new channel Langgesagt

@waydewatanabe5023 4 жыл бұрын

Say what?

@lackingpotatoes 4 жыл бұрын

großes gehirn deutsch witz

@samettekin2356 4 жыл бұрын

@@TechboyFK this channel is a german channel and kurzgesagt means "in a nutshell". In video he said that without generalizing the video it would be an hour long. So langessagt means "in a long way" well dont judge me pls im not a native speaker pls dont hurt me

@dr.fleischkanu8200 4 жыл бұрын

@@samettekin2356 kurz = short Gesagt = past tense of say, or said. Shortly said or short summation would be a closer translation.

@rainbowthedragoncat6768 4 жыл бұрын

@@samettekin2356 In a nutshell - In a nutshell

@dellaty122 4 жыл бұрын

"Africa needs ... Fair investment" Kurzgesagt's Chinese Social Credit score has dropped 1500 points

@Lolwutfordawin 4 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't it go up, considering how much China is investing in various African countries? Whether or not it's fair will be seen in the coming decades, but it's definitely more effective than the poverty aid the west has been doing.

@taki1255 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TheVidieos 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lolwutfordawin it's not really fair if they send chinese workers to work in their investments in Africa which in turn will make all the money flow back to China

@taki1255 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lolwutfordawin It definitely isn't going to be fair. China has been buying out sea ports across europe and the mediterranean to create a shipping route that will lock out competition and dominate entirely. Other countries have been taking huge loans from them that will be hard to pay back. They also have their hands buried deep in the Australian education system, and people in government end up praising everything they do out of financial pressure, cuz if China pulls out they'd be doomed as China is responsible for a huge chunk of their revenue. They've also taken control of the water system there. I could go on.

@discursion 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lolwutfordawin Except it's not actually helping all that much, since deals are made by corrupted governments, and are going to enslave population in debt traps, while the people who are actually hired to do the works are likely some of the 80 millions leftover Chinese men rather than locals.

@bellasblog-tg2zu Жыл бұрын

I live in South Africa. Unfortunately any gifts or investments into our already crumbling economy would go straight into our presidents and politicians pockets.

@treptiforce875 2 жыл бұрын

Animation and illustrations are so clean and impressive

@masonhand4382 4 жыл бұрын

Make a whole documentary that’s a couple hours long, i would still watch the whole thing

@thebigbean8783 4 жыл бұрын

Animating the entire thing would take months

@ThePaperKhan 4 жыл бұрын

And a lot of money

@masonhand4382 4 жыл бұрын

No kidding

@antonionio7977 4 жыл бұрын

... and wait half a year

@masonhand4382 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh why y’all even got to say this, like literally it is figurative, y’all taking it serious

@hyunsungjung4941 3 жыл бұрын

Coming from South Korea here, this video has a very legitimate point in my family history. My grandfather had 6 siblings, and 3 of them died before reaching adulthood. My father has 2 siblings, all of whom are alive and with children today. I am an only child, and I seem to be alive right now. Education wise, My grandfather finished only middle school, even though he was the eldest son and got more resources(none of his siblings received any education). My dad went to college, and now I am aiming for a degree. My, how times change.

@jellyorwhat3343 3 жыл бұрын

Korea got colonized, exploited and culturally suppressed. Shortly after getting independent it had a big war which destroyed the country even more. In the 1950s it was one of the poorest countries in the world. And the big share of industry was in the socialist north. Also the country had no natural resources. So it relied mostly on smart decision making and they turned from one of the poorest countries to one of the richest and is a leading nation in technology. Africa on the other hand had a lot of intact infrastructure of it's colonial era and is extremely rich on resources. Yet they did make hardly any progress. Africa replaced it colonial exploiters by domestic exploiters and people willingly buy into the story that today's misery is exclusively caused in it's colonial era. I wish Africa all the best and I think there are many people great people living there. But Africa needs to start taking responsibility for itself. Korea did from a worse position and it paid off.

@hyunsungjung4941 3 жыл бұрын

@@jellyorwhat3343 Thank you for highlighting our nation's recent history and development(I mean, I'm quite impressed)! As for African dictatorship's case, I think your opinion that African nations themselves have to start developing instead of blaming others is valid, but I also think it only tells half of the story(no offense!). I actually believe that it's the resources themselves that is hindering African development. Most (I'm severely generalizing here) African dictators sell their resources to foreign nations and use that revenue to keep the army loyal without any need for citizen involvement. That's why they dont have the incentive to educate, house, and develop their poor population. Korea, on the other hand, also suffered under a ruthless dictatorship, yet because we didn't have much resources to sell, our dictators were forced to educate, house, and develop the people in order to maintain a strong and loyal standing army(which was especially neccesary because of the North). It also helped that we didn't suffer any civil conflict after 1953, since our population was mostly ethnically homogenous. African statess, on the other hand, was mostly composed of many different nations who were often at odds with each other, who were forced into the same boundaries by European colonizers. The resulting near-constant state of civil war was a disaster for an already impoverished region. So if I were to blame anyone, it would be the African dictators who don't give a shit about their people, and the European powers also had a role to play. Emmanuel Macron's apology to Algeria was definitely a step in the right direction.

@lukas_6924 3 жыл бұрын

"and I seem to be alive right now" this part gives me a strange feeling.

@hyunsungjung4941 3 жыл бұрын

@@lukas_6924 lol, that was a bit of a joke

@lif3andthings763 3 жыл бұрын

@@jellyorwhat3343 “A lot of infrastructure” what the fuck are you talking about?

@ocloredmind4973 Жыл бұрын

As an Algerian, my mother has 7 siblings, my father has 8, and I only have one brother due to lower fertility.

@Hollowdude15 2 ай бұрын

Great video Krugsgesagt and I like your videos so much :]

@lorenzsanjuan 4 жыл бұрын

Ethiopia - Economy’s booming China - It’s free real estate

@pedromeneses9617 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, if an economy is booming, China has less leverage to convince African leaders to "sellout" to China. The better Africa does on their own, the better. China finds it easier to "negotiate" (debt trap) with countries when they are in desperate need, like Venezuela for example, or North Korea.

@cleitonoliveira932 4 жыл бұрын

China ia not an enemy. Stop spreading American lobby.

@menemajefff2918 4 жыл бұрын

Cleiton Oliveira China is not a friend either.

@AlithAnar 4 жыл бұрын

Cleiton Oliveira Lol China is an enemy

@Miranox2 4 жыл бұрын

@@cleitonoliveira932 "Enemy" is an irrelevant term here. China is doing the same thing as the US. They take control of weaker countries through any means necessary. China also punishes countries who displease the CCP.

@CannedSoup602 4 жыл бұрын

“It’s a region rich in resources” *Europe in the 1870’s would like to know your location*

@lonewanderer6180 4 жыл бұрын

And China now

@samuelkibunda6960 4 жыл бұрын

@@lonewanderer6180 China is going to screw us over

@battlecraftx9 4 жыл бұрын

USA would like to help you establish democraty in your country

@davecullins1606 4 жыл бұрын

*Operation "Diplomacy" INITIATED*

@hectorandem2944 4 жыл бұрын

@@battlecraftx9 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@borrowedmyths 2 жыл бұрын

I very very much appreciate the admission that some issues are too complex to squeeze into a short video.

@erickafranzindugos4662 2 жыл бұрын

I never thought i could learned so much in just 7 minutes of my life, this is such a big help as a life-long learner thank you!

@akramdarwazeh1662 4 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt; "this video would be an hour long" Everyone: "so?"

@ELYESSS 4 жыл бұрын

Animators: "nani"

@TheDescendingChaos 4 жыл бұрын

Animation cost.

@beaucaspar3990 4 жыл бұрын

I would watch it

@heavymental6673 4 жыл бұрын

@@beaucaspar3990 but wuold you do it?

@beaucaspar3990 4 жыл бұрын

@@heavymental6673 Yeah, that would be great

@kurzgesagt 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously. Why are we making videos like this? This topic was a nightmare. How do you talk about a continent as diverse as Africa, to explain larger trends? Not only is there a wide variety of sources, experts disagree with each other on what they can predict about the future. So the time we took to rewrite this script over and over was insane. Still, there is no chance this video won’t make people angry, on all sides of this issue. Some may not agree with the conclusions we have come to. Some will think there are other aspects we could and should have mentioned. Or lament that we generalized too much. But we had to generalize or this video would just have become a hour-long documentary. And we think the topic is too important to not discuss it. So we read a lot and talked too many experts with very different opinions and interpretations. Also we tried to prepare our sources in a way that walks you through our thought process and helps you to make up your own mind. This video was sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of a Grant. They did not take part in the production of the video though. Sources and comments: sites.google.com/view/sourcesoverpopulationandafrica

@Aviatial 4 жыл бұрын

Please become my science teacher

@chimchim6910 4 жыл бұрын

How can the comment be 1 day ago if the video came 2 min before

@NameName-dg7nv 4 жыл бұрын

Are you releasing videos more often or is that just me?

@Apersonl0l 4 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell all hail two vids per month

@frederickhofmann843 4 жыл бұрын

Its okay, your channel is called "Kurzgesagt" (Said shortly) after all. We generally don't expect/need you to present the full complexities of an issue :) There's other sources for that. (Btw. why is the comment older than the video?)

@dasmensch2317 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video

@aporajitabangali3827 Жыл бұрын

Bangladesh is so tiny in size and it scares me what the situation would have been for us if birth control was not given such importance. Love from Bangladesh.

@pecador_cont 4 жыл бұрын

"Why are you gay" "To save Africa"

@domzbu 4 жыл бұрын

Try being gay in Africa though...

@dashtron7966 4 жыл бұрын

@@domzbu oof

@bladeknightmaster1 4 жыл бұрын

@@adohmnail6445 this reminds me of something I heard about jews visiting a tribe in africa, and and the chad tribesmen sent the jews away. Just imagine a guy in nothing but a loincloth and maybe a bone put through his nose saying "Fucking Jews".

@omar_walid7424 4 жыл бұрын

iam in aftica😓

@godspeed7593 4 жыл бұрын

69 likes

@kenneth7059 4 жыл бұрын

1:32 “This video would be an hour long.” To be honest, we wouldn’t mind that happening.

@beaucaspar3990 4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB2 4 жыл бұрын

Animators would die

@antonberglund117 4 жыл бұрын

True, but do they really have the economy for an hour long video?

@turtlewater1895 4 жыл бұрын

It takes an incredible amount of work to make 5 mins of this

@Acerelado 4 жыл бұрын

It's more complicated than that. It would decrease accessibility by a wide margin, thereby lowering net viewership. In today's society, people love bit-sized content more over lengthier ones cuz of lack of time. ergo the loner the clip, the less will be willing to watch who would otherwise might have tuned in. If you think about it, what they're trying to achieve is great. They're making important or interesting topics more accessible to a much wider audience than just the ones looking for documentaries and sciencey stuff, thereby increasing exposure and awareness on some very critical topics.

@nguengojoao2911 Жыл бұрын

Europe has population density of 112 habitants/ km2. Africa has only 31habitants/ km2. Which continent is more populated?

@KevinGhidor_uh Жыл бұрын

But Africa is way bigger than Europe

@nguengojoao2911 Жыл бұрын

@@KevinGhidor_uh Yeah, Africa is bigger than Europe. That's why if anyone uses maths to make calculations about demographic density, he'll see that Africa is not over populated as the europeans and imperialists media try to make africans believe. We africans we still can multiply as we have land, water and all other resources to live our life according to our standards.

@lazerizer6895 Жыл бұрын

@@nguengojoao2911 exactly. To add on that, the whole idea of malthusian overpopulation is pretty much false (at least for now)

@miedzianytv8987 Жыл бұрын

But africa has Sahara and other deserts, as well as some dense jungles life there is mostly impossible, so those regions shouldnt count

@audhumbla6927 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, its very wierd title. Africa has an organization problem and a growing food problem, "overpopulation" is such a lazy ignorant term and in this case, all wrong

@EspeonaSparkle 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!!! :D

@th3mon397 3 жыл бұрын

I just loved when he said: "Sub-saharan Africa doesn't need pity or gifts, but attention and fair investments..."

@davidz2808 3 жыл бұрын

Most of all, it needs contraception.

@jamesz9635 3 жыл бұрын

yup, "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" by Walter Rodney is essential reading for a balanced understanding of the continent

@l2v65 3 жыл бұрын

@juleous camper You’re mostly right except for the fact that Africa wasn’t “mostly” hunter-gatherer, it had empires and civilisations, hunter-gatherers were not the majority. Europe were quote, unquote hunter-gatherers for quite long despite the fact the narrative is that they were advanced and one of the most advanced.

@papasscooperiaworker3649 3 жыл бұрын

@juleous camper wdym

@lolliii5477 3 жыл бұрын

*confused confusing confution*(meme)

@juleserkens211 4 жыл бұрын

I want to say how much I appreciate how Kurtzgesagt handles the information they use and provide. Giving a full reference list and putting in so much effort even when having to deal with a time limit is something to be immensely proud of in a world of clickbait hot takes. Most channels would either not mention having to simplify, or mention it but then not put in the research. Kurtzgesagt goes the extra mile tenfold over.

@penguinsushi8442 4 жыл бұрын

@gold ingot It wont stop all people from hating the content/videos, but it goes a long way in helping to bring more reliable, correct and well-thought-out analysis' of difficult topics. Having access to the sources of the video lets you know what they used, whether their facts are right or if the sources are good or not, which is amazing IMO.

@KiraSlith 4 жыл бұрын

Except they didn't do a good job at all. They provided a bunch of statistics based on linear projection (literally the least accurate predictive model possible), presented the historical evidence that proves their own conclusion wrong, and then concluded by ignoring that evidence repeating and repeating that linear projection data again as their conclusion. That's not how science works!

@johnbalverde1180 4 жыл бұрын

@@KiraSlith Can I at least ask, which of these were blatantly wrong, and how much do you understand statistics?

@durrrhurrrderpderpderp9932 4 жыл бұрын

@@KiraSlithgive examples please tyty

@KiraSlith 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnbalverde1180 If you understand what "Linear Projection" as a statistical model is, you know enough to know that the prediction summary @ 5:44 isn't likely to happen even ignoring the historical data. They debunked the overpopulation concept themselves on their own channel in a video called "Overpopulation - The Human Explosion Explained", in fact they very specifically bring up Bangladesh as an example in that video! This might sound like a conspiracy theory, but I think the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had more influence on this video than they're admitting.

@rabbit1731 7 ай бұрын

Thank you a thousands of times for your foreign translations

@Koblac Жыл бұрын

I like how Kurzgesagt acknowledges that there might be errors, cites their sources, and talks to multiple scientists about their topics.

@DanSmith-sn2fx 4 жыл бұрын

Me: Talk dirty to me Kurzgesagt: We'll make a video about it in the future.

@lostpockets2227 4 жыл бұрын

AMANBIR SINGH! AMANBIR SINGH! AMANBIR SINGH!

@richardjacksonvalleyanes279 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha classic

@Sky-ez5wp 4 жыл бұрын

weirdo

@adondis6761 4 жыл бұрын

Weirdo

@aqif5257 4 жыл бұрын

Tunak tunak tun

@starfox4839 3 жыл бұрын

Can we talk about how beautiful these characters look and how they really do reflect the multitude of different looks of Africa? I know it's small but the attention to detail is worth the praise.

@billzusner4873 3 жыл бұрын

@benmuirhead1065 3 жыл бұрын

@@billzusner4873 umm why

@beyking6354 2 жыл бұрын

@@billzusner4873 no

@Iannno3 2 жыл бұрын

Bare minimum.

@benmuirhead1065 2 жыл бұрын

@@Iannno3 the effort can still be appreciated

@Selmitamtl 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Without prejudice to our brothers and sisters in the continent that is the cradle of humanity. With just a bit of adjustments here and there, there is so much improvement to hope for.

@MysticMylesZ Жыл бұрын

1:30 I think I'd quite enjoy an hour long version. Branching out into long form content might be good if you can make a team for it. Podcast and long form content has become quite popular recently... along with really short form content like ...shorts 😅

@tanweermahdihasan4119 3 жыл бұрын

As a Bangladeshi, I would like to thank Kurzgesagt for mentioning the progress Bangladesh has been making over last few decades. I would like to add one thing. Bangladesh went through a devastating war and genocide in 1971, yet it was able to not let itself crippled by the consequences. I am certain that Sub-Saharan African countries too will show same extent of resilience toward progress.

@Juanmaligno 2 жыл бұрын

Dam your smart , what's your snap?

@bloodgripen2257 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the awesome words man 😎

@sandal_thong8631 2 жыл бұрын

I think African countries are under the thumb of IMF-World Bank from debt, which leads to austerity measures as well as the export of raw materials and agricultural products for paying the debt instead of measures to improve society. How did Bangladesh get away from them, if they did?

@ice_kubson8038 2 жыл бұрын

@@Juanmaligno you're*

@bobdrooples 2 жыл бұрын

@@sandal_thong8631 how? Corruption isn't a culture in Bangladesh. When the opposition overthrow a corrupt government, they didn't immediately get to lining their own pickets.

@arth8265 4 жыл бұрын

The most important obstacle in underdeveloped countries is government corruption. There's no goodwill towards citizens from government even when there's literally no cost to change things for better. Some people just like to make a profit out of misery of their own citizens. That's sad true.

@solomagikarp7773 4 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatgoldenspatula uh

@MaruskaStarshaya 4 жыл бұрын

excuse me, but government comes from citizens... it's not like a foreigners get invaded and grab all money. I live in Ukraine (undeveloped country) and can prove that citizens by themselves accelerate corruption by bribes, lies and careless.

@The_Viscount 4 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatgoldenspatula that's a euro-centric view if I've ever heard one.

@Domispitaletti 4 жыл бұрын

Only need to do like americans and legalize corruption.

@chandy3859 4 жыл бұрын

If it's corrupted, half of the money could be spend for the people while half it would be invested. If it's unstable. Zero of the money would be spend on the people. Even some dictator sought to improve the country so that there's more money to be taken. You can't take a non existent money from poor people. Just look at china lol

@kailashkkk7221 Жыл бұрын

*Your videos are very very aosome and I have no word*💙....

@djroguefireify 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the topic is very complex so that short video was really awesome for what it could tell. But I wish I could learn more on what allows the pattern of corrupt leaders and warlords consistently coming into power around Africa. A lot of countries around the world have had their fair share of absurdly corrupt and even outright evil leaders but somehow in the recent century they've proliferated in the continent and they do so much damage to their countries and the people in it. They sooner or later fall from grace, but then are replaced by others. I'm not an expert but it's plain to see that if this could be remedied, a lot of good will come of it. Of course I won't ask it of Kurzgesagt owing to its controversial nature, but if anyone can share their knowledge and expertise on the matter I would appreciate it. I'm truly curious and I hope I can get some sincere perspective.

@BlueHelvetical 3 жыл бұрын

My father: 18 sibling Me: me, a brother and a sister *welcome to Malaysia*

@alessiobono4270 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@PHCuber 3 жыл бұрын

Lol my grandparent had 9 children, I only have one sibling now

@whenugetacallthatyoexwentt8502 3 жыл бұрын

That’s literally destroying the earth.....

@basmca1 3 жыл бұрын

18?? Man your grandmother must be one hard ass woman...

@jollyjokress3852 3 жыл бұрын

My grandparents (German/Polish): 7 children Those 7 children and their partners: 5 children Those 5 children (ages 30-35): 0 children - it may change though;)

@WintaAssefa 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Ethiopia and I was actually discussing a tough housing project with my partner little before watching this video. Over the months, we architecture students have gotten to the point of fighting when talking about how to make houses for the poorest slum dwellers in the city. THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE. And they just keep increasing, not just by natural birth but also by rural to urban migration from the 80% rural population. I took part in the T2D rural to urban migration project and found that what exists is not just a housing problem. I participated in an AU youth conference and found that it's not just a social/tribal/ethnic issue at hand either. The fear, stubbornness, and selfishness that aggravates everything on every level of this society are not unique to this part of the world. But it manifested itself on an intense level here. So, thank you Kurzgesagt for even beginning to tackle a problem that feels like it's taken the form of an unbudging monster. Don't be afraid to state the problems and factors that I know you found in your research when it comes to the Sub-Saharan context. I'll go back to work on my assignment with an extra burst of energy, I think. You can see my channel for the videos I make about the reality I take part in for now and subscribe to follow up on that.

@WintaAssefa 4 жыл бұрын

@Bro9650 ooof. In many ways, there's a lot happening, boo. In the five years I spent here alone, so much stuff was built. But when you *exist* in the city, you're caught up in a lot of the immediate stuff that make you feel like everything's going wrong all the time

@Toefoo100 4 жыл бұрын

If you have a "partner" at least you don't have to worry about kids, so I guess that makes it a bit easier

@543soldier 4 жыл бұрын

@R I'm pretty sure high density housing is about the worst possible option. Correct me if I'm wrong. That just sounds like a planned slum. Higher density means less room for living and good infrastructure, less sanitation etc.

@7shinta7 4 жыл бұрын

@R In post war eastern Germany we built such blocks with preproduced concrete parts to house all the people of the destroyed cities. They didn't look very nice but did their job. In fact these flats were pretty popular since they already had district heating which wasn't all that common in that time. As a fellow civil engineer I trust your skills to come up with some good solutions. Even though the circumstances may be difficult from time to time. 👍

@WintaAssefa 4 жыл бұрын

@@Toefoo100 ooo. She's one of my five partners in this specific project.

@Lamagraa 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel ^_^

@jeancarlofalabella1195 2 жыл бұрын

I'm taking AP human geography class and these geography terms are so useful to know, now that I notice I would not understand a thing this video would say.

@locke_ytb 4 жыл бұрын

They had a really rough time they even forgot to add in the intro. You definitely get a subscriber.

@MrWhateverfits 4 жыл бұрын

They made that rough time for themselves. Things weren't great under colonial rule but at least they wern't butchering every leader that came to power just to get their own.

@kaspars1611 4 жыл бұрын

@@imaginative6315 this has been proven wrong

@perhapsso1909 4 жыл бұрын

@@imaginative6315 Yeahhhhhh sure bud. your existence is a living counterexample to that logic.

@raspberrytaegi 4 жыл бұрын

@@imaginative6315 beep beep racism alert

@locke_ytb 4 жыл бұрын

@@imaginative6315 ._. That's like saying black people smoke all the time.

@omaro_o7151 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Bangladeshi My dad has 8 siblings and my mom has 3 And I'm the only child

@sambradley9091 4 жыл бұрын

It's interesting to see these sorts of population changes between only a few generations in other places. Here in the US it took us very long to change birthrates gradually

@Scroolewse 4 жыл бұрын

>stands up no *im* Bangladeshy!

@shadymedic 4 жыл бұрын

It is great that the natality went down so quickly, but who will make money in 30 years when your parents will retire and the government will have to pay them. I am afraid that there won't be enough people in productive age to feed all the old ones. It is just a more extreme level of population ageing we face in Europe right now (or at least at my country).

@hannajung7512 4 жыл бұрын

@@sambradley9091 maybe because of the huge influence of conservative christianity in America and Europe, that did and still opposes state programs to reduce birthrates, under the assumption, that there is a divine mandate to procreate AND sex without it would be sin.

@Liuhuayue 4 жыл бұрын

@@shadymedic At least they get a choice in how many kids to have, unlike in China. Even though they raised the amount to 2, it's still not always ideal.

@wholesand Жыл бұрын

As an Irish person, it's an honor for "Ireland" to be said on this channel.

@TheLastBeanBender Жыл бұрын

is that in iowa

@Somerandomdude-ev2uh Жыл бұрын

Could you make videos on effective charities tackling the issues you talk about? I find the task if researching the charities daunting and it's hard to know what will impact them

@Fatman311 4 жыл бұрын

'This topic is too complex to summarise in a few sentences so we'll make a whole video about it in the future' Just that. That drive to educate us. It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard and I wish we had so much more of it in the world. Never change, Kurzgesagt.

@bobwehadababyitsaboi103 4 жыл бұрын

Not a topic, an agenda

@bobwehadababyitsaboi103 4 жыл бұрын

@VincentHanna121 the globalist agenda. When they started this it was global warming. The people pushing it went in the night before and turned off all the AC where the meeting was held on the hottest day that year. They wanted to show people sweating so americans watching would think things were way worse than they were. Just like all the other crap they said that would happen that hasn't

@littlecatholicman 4 жыл бұрын

The Germans are woke asf

@AlphiumProductions 4 жыл бұрын

I hope to never live to see kurzgesagt sponsored by raid: shadow legends

4 жыл бұрын

@@littlecatholicman thats how hitler rise in the first place....

@luminous104 4 жыл бұрын

Being a zoomer Bangladeshi, I can confirm the rate of reproduction has decreased. In fact, its quite taboo to have more than 2 children in the cities : Most will blame you as an illiterate or just someone 'in the past'. I personally have a little brother. My father, born in 1962, has 7 brothers! The change is in fact, quite drastic.

@champ2501 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, didnt they have condoms?

@luminous104 4 жыл бұрын

@@champ2501 As per the video says, no. They did, however, have religious boundaries that I bet no one gave a shit about. I personally am an atheist and nothing's stopping me from doing that.

@shasmeenh3629 4 жыл бұрын

LuminousHorror my grandma had 9 kids in Bangladesh, but that may be because she was in the village and it was 1950 something and not the city like Dhaka lol

@adee6467 4 жыл бұрын

@@luminous104 are you oppresed for being an atheist? How common atheism is in Bangladesh?

@samirhussain458 4 жыл бұрын

@@adee6467 I'm Bengali and I think it's high likely that he isn't openly atheist. You would face quite a bit of backlash from family for not being religious, however generally speaking you should be fine, if you're not completely open about your athiesm.

@akcumeh Жыл бұрын

I’m glad to see Africa’s come to Kurzgesagt’s attention. I hope that the video that will be made in the future will talk more on the horrible, rampant corruption that’s pretty commonplace in Africa - if you can’t make any generalizations at all, you can at least be sure of assuming there’s a huge corruption problem here - and how it’s seriously stagnating this part of the world. Amazing video as always. ❤

@raianmathieu9899 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the disclaimer

@bopibopibobopibo 3 жыл бұрын

mom :- 7 siblings dad :- 8 siblings me :- none *that's india*

@Fred_the_1996 3 жыл бұрын

India, the place where the people are smart as hell, the politicians, on the other hand...

@s.a1233 3 жыл бұрын

My dad has 6 siblings and my mom three lol. But at least they had the sense for only 1 kid

@sreejas3503 3 жыл бұрын

@Samridhi Das 26 sibling??!!!

@nthuthukomdluli1052 3 жыл бұрын

@Samridhi Das 😄😄

@fggggggg896 3 жыл бұрын

Literally I noticed this pattern everywhere.

@ms.recipe9524 2 жыл бұрын

"In the 1960's an average Bangladeshi woman would had 7 children" Me, a bangladeshi with 5 aunts and 1 uncle : Thats true I guess.

@flamingflamingo4021 2 жыл бұрын

same here :v

@44fourprod 2 жыл бұрын

they're from two mothers tho so in your case, your two grandmas have an average of 3.5 children

@jankay8569 2 жыл бұрын

is it tru you people have brown bussy?

@jorgeml8112 2 жыл бұрын

@@jankay8569 delicious

@abhishekns3686 2 жыл бұрын

@@jankay8569 brown bussy = best bussy

@jccanizal6410 2 жыл бұрын

watching this just after watching pyro's utopia vid feels very ominous

@philipbre 2 жыл бұрын

I live in South Africa. Been working in a few other southern African countries. And the sentence "it's complicated" sure is accurate. If not understated. That rabbit hole goes deep. Corruption being a major contributor. It Can't even get fair investment. It all vanishes.

@yasseenmoussalli9581 4 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt should sell Tshirts with "It's complicated" written on the front

@thegoodkindofweirdo 4 жыл бұрын

*why do i suddenly stan this concept* ♥️♥️♥️♥️

@bigbrain5502 4 жыл бұрын

True

@0ktobi 4 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea👍🏻

@mr2octavio 4 жыл бұрын

Do the globe and a banner in yellow around it saying, it's complicated

@DanThomasUK 4 жыл бұрын

Yasseen Moussalli and CGPGrey “and that’s another story for another tiiiime”

@kaykaleli 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was going to be a sensitive topic no matter what. I'm from Kenya and in a nutshell, agree with everything said. I understand the need to generalise and give approximates because honestly not even an hour is enough time to get through all the specifics. Objectively speaking, there shouldn't be any outrage towards this video of any kind. This video was a starting point to a conversation we (for those it concerns and would like to make it their concern) should be having. Great job.

@Eve.n.t_horizon 4 жыл бұрын

Kaleli Kiluva ❤️

@bunderbah 4 жыл бұрын

I assure, those people who find offense in this video are just white liberals who are virtue signalling.

@AmeyaVaidyaExEcutESC2 4 жыл бұрын

The people who have found themselves "offended" by this video have rarely seen what grinding poverty looks like. Their textbook understanding leads them to believe that the people are simply not ready for education or contraception which is utterly ridiculous as the sole reason why some families in India have fewer kids per generation than others is education. When the women are more educated they value each child more dearly as they know that their child needs to have good education to move forward in life. When that education does not reach the poorest people, they fare worse every time. Its better to have fewer but highly educated children than lots of under-educated ones but until you give that knowledge to those families and those women, this will simply and unfortunately never change.

@titusorelius9458 4 жыл бұрын

My only issue with this video is the fact they seem to think men have nothing to do with family planning and the creation of children. It only spoke about educating and helping women.

@missfunkadilly 4 жыл бұрын

@@titusorelius9458 because it is proven that educating women decreases birth rates. And it's not like only women receive education, a lot of times in areas like this only the boys are educated in the first place. when countries spend more money on education it's not just going towards the girls it's going towards education in general with a focus on getting more girls in to school because they are the ones that are being left behind at a disproportional rate to boys. The more educated a woman is the less children she is going to have, this is a fact. Male education does nothing to drop the population rates.

@TeraV 10 ай бұрын

"If we didn't simplify it, this video would be an hour long." What's wrong with that? I'd watch it all!

@coloius3464 7 ай бұрын

dude have you seen how long it takes them to make these videos they would be crying towards the end of the project but i do think they should make a part 2

@purohitmohitviralbhai5228 2 жыл бұрын

What a detailed and a nice video!A salaam to the Kurzgesagt team!!

@kleptotrichy 4 жыл бұрын

I love how this topic addresses many things but you have to remember corruption, corruption is widespread and one of the reasons Africa doesnt manage to develop

@winterfrost8623 4 жыл бұрын

@SilverMuxsin and those numbers of people are lunatics living in their basements

@tonyyayo74 4 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine is from Senegal and he told me that everything is corrupt there. You go to the post office you need to bribe to have your parcel sent ( or pretended to be sent ) , in hospital the same. As a Senegalese you cannot have business otherwise your relatives will come and pretend to have things for free. He said it is a mentality thing. Big corruption from abroad indeed exists but local corruption is to be taken into account also.

@Yingyanglord1 4 жыл бұрын

@@winterfrost8623 in some yes others no China has been using that to derail Australia and Spain and has been somewhat doing it in Africa in the countries that won't surport thier "aid"

@mussaalphaxard985 4 жыл бұрын

@@winterfrost8623 depends on a particular nation

@altrocks 4 жыл бұрын

Most of them are people with PhDs and years of studying history both in Africa and in the countries that colonized Africa. You're gonna sit here and tell me that White billionaires in America look at Africa and honestly think "Toilets! That's what will solve their problems!" And then dump millions into toilets while extracting billions in coltan without knowing what they're doing?

@NguniPrince 4 жыл бұрын

As an African I can tell you there is very little chance we will replicate Asia. Reason being the abundant corruption that plagues our countries. As long as our countries are ruled by liberation parties that believe they are owed for the years the fought for ‘“liberation’ and also charismatic leaders, a small African elite will benefit from any economic investment. We need to rid ourselves of the ruling elite and put forward selfless educated young minds. This will create the knock on effect that will lead to economic development and everything suggested by this video. Unfortunately our leadership is here to stay and the west and China are happy doing business with them. There is more to this and as u said it’s complicated. The only way out I think is mass revolutions

@shitlordflytrap1078 4 жыл бұрын

Is there anything being done to combat corruption? I sympathise with you guys, you've been through a lot. But apathy solves nothing. You've pointed out a revolution. Is there something similar happening?

@kuzzam6626 3 жыл бұрын

@@shitlordflytrap1078 I mean it's not quite simple. Seeing Africa's history, the fear of civil war is always imminent and doesn't encourage people to rise in a revolution. Rwanda, South Soudan, Somalia... Another point is international intervention. Many elite groups who rule these nations have strong ties with their previous colonizers, ensuring good deals for the colonizers, and weapons and militias for the ruling elite. Case and point: Congo. Colonial powers still benefit today largely from their colonial history under the cover of neo-capatilsm. West Africa still picks its currency after the Frech Franc. I find it yet baffling that the investment projects China is leading in Africa are bigger than what the US or EU did for years. Fair foreign investment is the best way to build an infrastructure, connect cities and towns, and provide jobs and money to develop a socially and politically stable environment. Ethiopia did it after witnessing famines in the 90's. Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and others are doing it now. There's hope for other Sub Saharan nations, but not as long as weapon companies in the North still profiting from government-approved gun sales. The best you can do as a middle-class citizen in North America or Europe is to pressure your politicians to stop unethical gun sales to conflict groups in developing nations. The US under Trump sold guns to Saudi Arabia while it's using them to fuel the war in Yemen, just so the US could get some good oil deals. This is the least you could do. Donations and gifts don't do much. But this is way more significant...

@shitlordflytrap1078 3 жыл бұрын

@@kuzzam6626 Hey thanks for the info. I have heard about the shit that China is setting up in Africa, it almost looks like second-wave colonalism. I've also seen a ton of racists use China as a way to show 'hypocrisy' in decolonising Africa during European/American colonialism. And there also seems to be a fuckton of environmental issues in East Africa with the flooding and cyclones and what not. I'm not even of age to vote yet, but I'll keep your advice in mind. I come from a relatively small and silent European country that doesn't have much say regarding intercontinental relations (I mean for God's sake, even Syrian immigrants skip our country and go to Germany instead), but if I see an opportunity to speak up, I will try.

@kuzzam6626 3 жыл бұрын

@@shitlordflytrap1078 the environmental problems majorly stem from climate change, whose effects are palpable here in Europe. Global warming will affect Africa greatly and horribly causing more droughts and uncontrollable floodings. I currently live in Germany but I come from Tunisia (North Africa). The risk of drought in North Africa will be detrimental in the next 10 years as my country is running out from renewable water sources( mostly rain, we don't have major rivers since we don't have really high mountains to collect snow and rain). No matter how small you believe your role is, it still matters. Engage in conversations, raise awareness and be kind to refugees and immigrants because most of the times, conditions are not as favourable or generous from where they come from. No one chooses simply to leave everything behind.

@harrisjm62 3 жыл бұрын

I lived on all 3 of those continents and corruption is not something special to Africa. Bangladesh is known for abundant corruption as well. I don't think the issue is can Africa replicate Asia and Europe, but should it? Colonialists kill Africans for hundreds of years then tell them to stop having children too. Lots of things were missing from this video, as stated. Western development was not sustainable, so copying it isn't smart either. In agricultural economies, children are an asset instead of merely a cost. In spite of being "over-populated" these countries often contribute less to global warming and mass extinction.

@n3ak3 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely video. The question of whether people want to reduce population is complex. I see international proponents for boosting domestic population growth (1 billion Americans etc.) as a means of ensuring economic growth. I think these are wrongheaded but it can be difficult to discuss family planning in Africa when it can be framed as population control for Africa, popultion growth for others.

@nerd9347. 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know. Thanks!

@Duros1394 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldnt mind an hour long special episode.

@balwaann 4 жыл бұрын

Their animators would.

@tayduatrinhcoi 4 жыл бұрын

May as well change Kurzgesagt into 0.5 Pixar.

@Fancy_PotHead 4 жыл бұрын

Woah dude, that's exactly word for word what i was going to post

@hazzle5658 4 жыл бұрын

@@imaginative6315 Not necessarily true, socioeconomic factors are great influences on a populace's education. Enjoin this with corrupt leadership, you will get unsustainable or unstable economies, ergo, a lower common understanding.

@Threezi04 4 жыл бұрын

@@imaginative6315 Fuck off back to under the bridge.

@nickadams99 4 жыл бұрын

I love how they skipped the intro and got right to business

@KoepenickDrums 4 жыл бұрын

Now you're saying it, the intro is missing... Didn't even realize. What I realized is the Microsoft Paperclip that stands for the Gates funding this video. Love it.

@RaphaelFassy Жыл бұрын

It'd be nice if you could make a video specifically talking about a positive and a negative case study from sub-Saharan Africa.

@danzwku 2 жыл бұрын

”This video would be about 1 hour long.” maybe Kurzgesagt should do a podcast

@therealdave06 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for _Langegesagt_ to kick off

@MyGameCalledLife 4 жыл бұрын

what is that?

@therealdave06 4 жыл бұрын

@@MyGameCalledLife Kurz is the German word for short (so Kurzgesagt means "explained in short" or "in a nutshell"). Lange is the German word for long, so I was making a pun of their name saying how they might make much longer videos.

@MyGameCalledLife 4 жыл бұрын

klarigi4219 😄 I was hoping you weren't joking. thank you for explaining

@Super2Donny 4 жыл бұрын

klarigi4219 that is some 300IQ pun, kudos

@BeryAb 4 жыл бұрын

@@Super2Donny It really isn't 300 IQ if you're a native German speaker.

@rahul9704 4 жыл бұрын

This video in a nutshell: "It's too complicated."

@Tsouki67 4 жыл бұрын

Ironically the only people in the world who are going to reply "I don't know" to you are the most knowledgeables

@lVlasterjuice 4 жыл бұрын

@Brobotnick I was thinking the same thing :))))

@user-de2px1ed8k 4 жыл бұрын

@@Tsouki67 Either this or they just want you to fuck off.

@stephenlofton5403 4 жыл бұрын

They can’t honestly answer because being called racist is the worst modern sin so nobody could give them honest answers. I mean we know what the weather is like on a planet hundreds of light years away but we can’t honestly figure out why Africa sucks so much? Cmon

@JPaul-gl6th 4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenlofton5403 Because of colonialism, neo colonialism, poor governance, and civil wars (the last two being a byproduct of colonialism). Would you like to say you answers to why Africa struggles or are you afraid of being called a racist?

@muntahatalksalot Жыл бұрын

as my family is Bangali, my maternal grandmother throughout the early 60's and late 70's had 7 miscarriages and 7 births. I was amazed how she went through a whole war hiding, still raising some children and pregnant.