World Population Phases, Transitions, and Contemporary Crisis White, Makov, Korotayev © 2005
What is power-law growth? Hypothetical example dN/dt = a0Nr=2
1 – 1832 CE, with 95% confidence intervals (Komori 1992) Premodern example dN/dt = a0Nr=2 Figure 2. Power-Law Growth Pattern for Hawaiian Population Estimates, 1 – 1832 CE, with 95% confidence intervals (Komori 1992)
Other possibilities for dN/dt = a0Nr=?
World population over 1M years dN/dt = a0Nr=2 World population over 1M years
World population over 1M years
China dN/dt = a0Nr=2
Time to criticality
Deviation from trend line (absolute)
Deviation from trend line (relative)
Deviation from political trend line
Fit of political - population phases
Population phases and transitions
Power law from 1,000,000 yrs ago
Discuss implications Economic Political Age Distribution World-System Social Organization Cognition