Professor Hans Rosling on Ageing Europe

Karolinska Institutet's renowned professor looks at the challenges of Ageing Europe. www.gapminder.org

[@holbrookprieto]

brilliant graphical representation!

[@ClarksonsinUSA]

I have 7 sons,I can not imagine not having a big family..... Ages 22,19,17,16,14 and twins 2 YEARS OLD through IVF ....My wife and I had to use IVF ,due to her being in her late 40s for the twins.. Family is life ,life is family...

[@adiataylor4396]

So am I MoMo!!! I can see you now!

[@chatsociety]

I love this bubble graph.

[@edvvard1]

I love Hans Blix. I mean Rosling. So good. Educational with entertainment added in-very stimulating. My only qualm is that I think he's colour blind. I don't see brown there, I see orange. But maybe he's trying to prove a point that we can all see what ever we want and it doesn't make a big difference in a lot of instances. Keep up the good work Hans. Thanks for posting.

[@HimesInu]

What this doesn't mention is whether people are adopting or not. My girlfriend and I, 19 and 20 respectively, have "adopted" probably ten kids from the nearby orphanage here in England. Legally, they aren't ours, but they come every weekend, ages from 5 to 16, and we take care of them as if they were our own. And our neighbours help out as well. It saddens me to see these kids without families. They are some of the best kids in the world and no one seems to want them. And we can't adopt.

[@labonka]

I wonder how accurate this data is, in many countries they do not have any data on large parts of the population, so this is bound to be rough estimates.

[@CrackerXZ]

Interesting.

[@Dumass88]

@miesko123 This shows that we are dependent on mass immigration and integration in Europe to be able to sustain our infrastructure, economy and development. This in combination with preparations for the future to make ends meet.

[@mnhb2001]

Let's make this a chat room

[@xXClashAshXx]

Herro

[@TCoop6231]

@slayyyyn Sad but true

[@HimesInu]

@ClarksonsinUSA I don't care what you do, I won't say you're wrong, but couldn't you have adopted instead of IVF? It would take kids out of the foster system and you'd have your large family. Or even had two then adopt. It just seems to me that this would have been a chance to have kids who don't have families to have a family. Not attacking, not judging, just trying to see why you didn't choose to adopt.

[@mnhb2001]

Hi I'm in geo hahahaha

[@Dumass88]

@zefvor The human gene pool wasn't that big from the beginning of our existence ;)

[@EastExplorer]

italy is screwed

[@Niels357]

Chart lier

[@JacekNasiadek]

@paske2001 Good riddance, right? What an enlightened, totally non-racist non-bigoted sentiment you're expressing.

[@paske2001]

correction: the racist Europe is doomed.. and doomed due to its racism.. hehehe.. divine justice :)

[@paske2001]

of course it is doomed, it is not supposed to happen.. but.. well.. I guess european people dying out isnt a big concern of mine. hehe..