I&#x27;m not sure about your intuition. Intuitively for me it seemed likely (Africa population growing fast) but for a long time I was educated falsely that population would flatten out for developing countries.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scientificamerican.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;world-population-will-soar-higher-than-predicted&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scientificamerican.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;world-population-w...</a><p>A recent one here (just read this a week ago):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scientificamerican.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;africa-s-population-will-soar-dangerously-unless-women-are-more-empowered&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scientificamerican.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;africa-s-populatio...</a><p>Population is a serious problem and for some reason people avoid and eschew it more than global warming or the phosphorus crisis (another one most people don&#x27;t know about).