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lenkite • yesterday at 4:02 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

We are 1.48 billion people (and growing) in a nation that is 1/3rd the size of the US. Expected to reach 1.7+ billion in another 20-30 years - which will increase desperation considerably.

The birth rate falling is a VERY good thing. India cannot really support more than 300-400 million people with a high quality of life with its geographic size and exhausted resources. Life becomes cheaper than disposable toilet paper otherwise.


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JumpCrisscross • yesterday at 4:19 PM

> India cannot really support more than 300-400 million people with a high quality of life with its geographic size and exhausted resources

Source for this carrying capacity?

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rayiner • yesterday at 4:36 PM

Indians like to blame population for their problems. But India is very big. Mumbai is about as densely populated as Paris.

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