The Inevitable Fill-Up

Population forecasts are based on UN Population Division, World Population Prospects 2017.

 

This phenomenon is also called the demographic momentum. The way Gapminder illustrates the fill-up is brutally simplified. For a more accurate explanation by the UN Population Division, see this overview or this detailed description.

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