Demographer Jennifer Sciubba joins WIRED to answer the internet’s questions about population and demographics. What is demography? What perspective can demographics provide about populations and societies? Do fertility rates really matter? Where do most people emigrate from when coming to the United States? And is immigration a net positive or negative? Answers to these questions and plenty more await on Population Support.
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Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Philip Anderson
Expert: Jennifer Sciubba
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Kalia Simms
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
0:00 Population Support
0:14 All-time population stats
0:36 Adults to Kids ratio
1:27 The fastest growing minority in America
1:43 Red State/Blue State
2:46 Is immigration a net positive or negative?
3:38 Fertility rates
5:38 Are there just too many of us?
6:47 Thank you, Nick Cannon
8:06 g-g-g-g-GHOST towns
10:00 Where do immigrants to the US come from the most
11:09 Goodbye, Cali
12:08 As dense as it gets
12:21 Population boom
13:17 Oldest state in the nation
13:46 Millennials v Gen Z
14:26 HomerDrool.gif
15:03 What would happen if all illegal immigrants were deported?
15:52 Life expectancy factors
17:39 Lowest life expectancy
17:56 Highest life expectancy
18:26 People are living longer, but are they living healthier?
20:10 The most populous country on Earth
20:37 China’s One Child policy
22:38 Demographic changes of concern
23:11 ELI5 what is Demography
23:33 Which countries are growing fastest?
24:49 Migrant birthrate
26:00 How are illegal immigrants counted?
27:11 99.9% sure this is a joke
28:07 Mortality rates
29:14 Ukraine’s population
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@okieinexile
December 11, 2024 at 12:19 pm
Who will take care of the old people when the population starts to shrink?
@decentgrocerybag4003
December 11, 2024 at 12:22 pm
So todays richest people have more dollars than the estimated number of people who have lived EVER???
@davianoinglesias5030
December 11, 2024 at 12:34 pm
The population boom in the early 20th century can be attributed to the invention of fertilizer by the German scientist Haber. Fertilizers increased food production by 400%
@flowersnyc
December 11, 2024 at 1:40 pm
Extremely educational. While I studied demography in school, this video ties every statistic to current events and policy.
@jorgeavila3885
December 11, 2024 at 1:54 pm
The reason why poorer communities live less is the same reason why a certain CEO got nailed a few days ago.
@chumark54
December 11, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Very, very informative and powerful. A lot of warning signs. Thank you.
@shannondelphey9368
December 11, 2024 at 2:03 pm
You also have to acknowledge that it wasn’t just women have abortions, it was families killing their female babies at birth once they realized they weren’t a boy.
@Ashraf.elgaaly
December 11, 2024 at 2:14 pm
Don’t you just hate how conservashits are allergic to facts? They keep saying California loses population where population data is public and they easily can see that the only year that California population declined was 2020 when the entire country population declined because of COVID 🤷♂️
@atlgsuprettyboy
December 11, 2024 at 2:38 pm
I love demography. She explained things so clearly and simply! Great video!
@teinetoa0416
December 11, 2024 at 2:55 pm
Super fascinating
@enjoystraveling
December 11, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Why would it always be good to have a replacement population? In my opinion it seems like there’s an overpopulation and many of the countries such as the United States could afford to have less population.
And if a country had less population than they used to then there would be more money to build, less houses and keep more parks and land as farms
@EK-xz8ig
December 11, 2024 at 3:13 pm
It seems like declining population is a good thing
@enjoystraveling
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 pm
Is it so bad for women to have less children? . not every woman wants children and most countries especially countries with a better economy costs very much to raise even one child.
Raising children take very much time out of a woman’s life plus even in these modern times that makes a childbearing not as difficult as past times, it’s still difficult since a woman has to take nine months out of her life for pregnancy plus at least six years or more to raise a child to school age.
@TheDeVaSTaTioNzz
December 11, 2024 at 3:33 pm
WOOO PHILIPPINES MENTIONED
@auntie.histamine
December 11, 2024 at 3:38 pm
You guys do such a great job finding experts for these
@rileylawson9958
December 11, 2024 at 4:32 pm
Maine is the most rural state???
@Refleksy
December 11, 2024 at 4:38 pm
I mean, I think musk is concerned about population, but only a certain specific subset of the population in a very problematic way…
@careless_daughter
December 11, 2024 at 4:47 pm
musk may care about declining birthrates for the reasons you mention but we shouldnt leave out that at least some of his focus is specifically on declining white birthrates. i dont think he’s admitted it outright but he’s made it clear that he is a believer of the great replacement theory. so some of it is just racism.
@lolsalsa
December 11, 2024 at 5:00 pm
You look like Megan Mullally.
@fsexpresscleaningservices5720
December 11, 2024 at 5:42 pm
I love these videos, but I need an additional explanation… I don’t think she answered some questions clearly enough, for those of us that need the “for dummies” explanation. Someone asked “is the world overpopulated, & what are we gonna do when we hit 50B”. She only answered the 2nd part of the question… That we’ll never reach 50B; more like 8 or 9B…. So are we currently overpopulated or not?? Because that’s what most of the US believes!!
@truejim
December 11, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Technically Americans of Dinka descent (South Sudan) are the fastest growing minority, since the Dinka are the tallest humans, at an average of 183cm height. They grow faster than anybody. 🤡
@WingZeroGWO
December 11, 2024 at 7:09 pm
I love how she won’t call them “illegal aliens”…
@neeladuggal8581
December 11, 2024 at 7:43 pm
I’m in healthcare and love nerding out on demographic data and trends. Thank you for this, Dr. Sciubba and Wired!
@cwtdos1994
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 pm
30% population shrinkage 😮
@6ix4our
December 11, 2024 at 8:23 pm
Yo; why population pyramids looks like actual structures in those countries?