World population in 0 ad1/10/2024 ![]() Normally, I would have simply deleted the sentence in question, but I hesitate because it both cites its supposed source and states a very common misconception about Malthus's views. Malthus correctly points out in his essay that this has always been the case, and it has remained the case since Malthus published his Essay. In a literal sense, as long as people are dying of hunger, population growth is outrunning food supply. If the proportion between the natural increase of population and food which I have given be in any degree near the truth, it will appear, on the contrary, that the period when the number of men surpass their means of subsistence has long since arrived, and that this necessity oscillation, this constantly subsisting cause of periodical misery, has existed ever since we have had any histories of mankind, does exist at present, and will for ever continue to exist, unless some decided change take place in the physical constitution of our nature. Mr Condorcet thinks that it cannot possibly be applicable but at an era extremely distant. The only point in which I differ from Mr Condorcet with regard to this picture is the period when it may be applied to the human race. The oscillation which he describes will certainly take place and will without doubt be a constantly subsisting cause of periodical misery. "Mr Condorcet's picture of what may be expected to happen when the number of men shall surpass the means of their subsistence is justly drawn. In Chapter 8 of his Essay on Population he writes: In fact, he makes a very different sort of point, namely, that population growth always has outrun food supply and always will. The first sentence in the section "Predictions of Population Growth" states that Malthus "incorrectly" predicted in 1798 "that population growth would outrun food supply by the mid 19th century." However, I can find no such prediction in his 1798 Essay. Malthus's supposed prediction nowhere to be found 54 Estimated world population at various dates.52 Accuracy of current population figures.49 No Scientifc Proof of number of people who have ever lived.47 AD/BC or CE/BCE and what MOS:DATE says on styles.43 Isn't the currenet population sustained by oil?.42 Current population over 6.6 billion not 6.7. ![]() 39 Blatant Inconsistancy between articles.37 Actual Population of People's Republic of China.34 What use would this article be for Policy Decision Makers?.22 Material lost in this article, perhaps belonging to Population growth.13 Section 2: Forecasts of World Population.10 Questionable numbers in first paragraph.5 Area where world population would fit.3 Human population in the Americas prior to 1750.2 Estimated world population at various dates (in thousands) table.1 Malthus's supposed prediction nowhere to be found.
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