John W #racist youtube.com

If the British and the French did so much harm to the African countries they colonised, or even, as is sometimes claimed, committed genocidal acts, then surely the African population would have dropped substantially after the colonialists arrived? Again, the complete opposite is true. The population of the African continent rose rapidly during the colonial era. The “Atlas of World Population History” by C. McEvedy and R. Jones reveals that in the nineteenth century the African continent grew from 70 million to 110 million. By 1950 it had risen to 205 million. Some genocide. A rise in population occurs when people have the ability to acquire more food and provisions, gain more access to modern medicine, and benefit from more stable political structures leading to increased law and order and less tribal conflict. And all these things happened after the arrival of the British and the French.
Apart from Africa, in India the population increased from 180 million in 1800 (roughly when the British took over) to 400 million (roughly when they left). The percentage increase in population in Hong Kong and Singapore was I believe even more dramatic but I don't have the figures to hand.

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