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Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell•Season 7•Episode 20

Overpopulation & Africa

8.5/10 · 29 votesDec 15, 20198 min

Ranked #6 of 16 in Season 7•+0.2 vs season avg

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

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Episode Summary

"Overpopulation & Africa" is episode 20 of Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell season 7. It scored 8.5/10 from 29 votes, ranking #6 of 16 episodes this season (season average 8.3). It aired on December 15, 2019.

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