Conrad Hackett Dec 2, 2022

I love this map of population change from 1840 to 2021. The world has six times more people now than it did in 1840. And most countries have a lot more people. Ireland is an exception - it actually had more people in 1840.

Map source https://efisha.com/2022/11/21/population-change-since-1840/
Data source https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population-since-1800?time=1840..latest&country=CHN~IND~NGA~USA~BRA~IRN~ZAF~IRL~AUS

Population change since 1840

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Show threadAnnela
@conradhackett
Yes, it's a long and very sad story, and it's not finished!
Glad that #IrelandIsNotFull #mastodaoine
Dec 2, 2022 at 11:43amWeb
Show threadMartin NuttyDec 2, 2022
@Annela @conradhackett very interesting how closely Irish population tracked England until the #GreatHunger catastrophe
Show threadAnnelaDec 2, 2022
@mnutty @conradhackett
True! The world map in the previous post is very telling.
Show threadMartin NuttyDec 2, 2022
@conradhackett @Annela missed that one, thanks for drawing my attention to it. Surprisingly that other country has a similar profile.
Show threadAnnelaDec 2, 2022
@mnutty @conradhackett Yep, it's almost as if something dreadful happened... oh yeah, it did!
Show threadMartin NuttyDec 2, 2022

@Annela @conradhackett The #GreatHunger was the trigger for the most dramatic migration case in modern history. When combined with colonial misrule and culture, migration became the accepted norm.

Other counties had horrendous famines, indeed Ireland had a more devastating famine in 1740 - 41 (some estimates indicate 20% of population died), without the same long term population collapse

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740–1741)

Irish Famine (1740–1741) - Wikipedia