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Questions tagged [population]

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Did the world Jewish population increase between 1933 and 1948?

A common claim among holocaust denial is that if Jews were killed, the 6 million figure is grossly exaggerated. A specific claim is that according to the World Almanac the world population of Jews increased (!) between 1933 and 1948 from 15,315,000…
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Are 'white women' only 4% of the world population?

I come across the image below, according to which 'white women' would be only 4% of the world population. Since among 'white women' there are thousands of millions of women living, for example, in Australia, South America, South Africa, Russia and…
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Is the number of Muslims correlated with terrorist attacks?

As reported in The Guardian, the Australian TV host Sonia Kruger has recently kicked up a storm by claiming that There is a correlation between the number of people in a country who are Muslim and the number of terrorist attacks Putting aside…
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Does 58% of Qatar's population live in 'labour camps'?

Transcript: Did you know? 1.4 million people, or 58% of Qatar's population live in 'labour camps'. 58% just sounds absurd. Yet, mighty facts does not simply give the wrong information. So is it true?
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Will Lego people outnumber people by 2017?

In an article in a recent edition of the Economist surveying Lego, the world's second largest toymaker, the magazine claims: By 2017 Lego men are expected to outnumber humans We've had arguments about Lego on this site before (Does The LEGO Group…
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Did a Planned Parenthood vice president write a memo discussing fertility reduction?

According to Wikipedia, Frederick Jaffe, former vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and founder of what is now the Guttmacher Institute, wrote a memorandum discussing fertility reduction methods including: fertility reduction…
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Is this forecast predicting massive global depopulation until 2025 legit?

I recently stumbled upon this article about a forecast/list of predicted population development until 2025: Deagel, a real intelligence organization for the U.S. government, predicts massive global depopulation (50-80%) by 2025 Here is the forecast…
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Does innovation or productivity per resident increase by 15 percent, every time the size of a city doubles?

Zappos and other advocates of Holocracy frequently state the following: Research shows that every time the size of a city doubles, innovation or productivity per resident increases by 15 percent. What research and what measures of innovation and…
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Were all but one of the US presidents descended from King John of England?

The Daily Mail says: A 12-year-old girl created family tree linking 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to King John of England, who signed the Magna Carta in 1215. Only the eighth president, Martin Van Buren, was not related to John. This has been…
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Do 50% of Canadians live south of the 45°42′N latitude?

Brilliant Maps claim that: While the 49th parallel is often thought of as the border between the US and Canada, the vast majority of Canadians (roughly 72%) live below it, with 50% of Canadians living south of 45°42′ (45.7 degrees) north or the red…
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Are there 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States?

With immigration reform being a hot political topic in 2012 I am seeing a lot of reports that throw around numbers. The one I see cited most often is that there are 12 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States (as of…
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Is there a relative dearth of older black men in West Baltimore?

An article from CNN says about West Baltimore: the older black men were gone. I asked 28-year-old Zachary Lewis about the absence of older men. [...] "There ain't no more 'Old Heads' anymore, where you been? [...] We hear about the absence of black…
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Does the availability of modern contraception only explain 10% of human fertility reduction?

It is widely assumed that the most important factor leading to large family sizes and fast population growth is the lack of availability of contraception. But Tim Worstall's book Chasing Rainbows says: ...the availability of contraception only…
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Has the UN low variant for population growth been the historically correct figure?

Quoting the Population Research Institute (PRI) In our research, we’ve looked at the UN’s predictions and how they have compared with real life--and in every case the “low variant” has been the most accurate. Source I took a look at the stats on…
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Are millions of chinese men without wives because of population gender imbalance?

I keep finding articles stating that because of the One Child Policy, there is a big gender imbalance in China. They say it's bad enough that millions of men won't be able to find a wife.…
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