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WizardofSoda
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In South Africa before the Dutch and English got there, there was only a few hundred thousand people in the area, whereas now South Africa has 60 million people.. To get the water for the irrigation of farmland the Euros had to drill through 30 feet of rock, then it also takes pumping to get the water out. Just like the power system is failing in South Africa, the water pumping systems and then the irrigation systems will also fail in time. The land just won't support many people, without modern science European farming. Thats why only a few hundred thousand people lived there before the Euros got there.
So most likely over the next couple centuries South Africa will decline from 60 million people today, to maybe 200,000 people in the year 2300. The exact way the population will fall isn't known. Disease, starvation, tribal warfare, murders, etc. Just mathematically if the land can sustainably support 200,000 people, that is what it will fall to.
So most likely over the next couple centuries South Africa will decline from 60 million people today, to maybe 200,000 people in the year 2300. The exact way the population will fall isn't known. Disease, starvation, tribal warfare, murders, etc. Just mathematically if the land can sustainably support 200,000 people, that is what it will fall to.





