Civil War American World Population Aging 2019

The retiree share of the population is booming while birth rates are plummeting.

Hitler effect bbc world journalists. These two graphs show just how common internal wars are and the high degree of persistence in these conflicts. The civil war in the united states began in 1861 after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery states rights and westward expansion. Fatalities in 2019 fatalities in 2020 1978 afghanistan conflict.

Many conflicts are relatively short lived but some have lasted decades. American civil war four year war 186165 fought between the united states and 11 southern states that seceded to form the confederate states of america. Yemeni civil war 2014present al qaeda insurgency in yemen.

The deadliest civil war had 600. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states rights. The coloured chart is from the economist and displays a ranking of the 100 deadliest civil wars and internal conflicts since wwii.

One possibility is simply that americans got older. It neatly displays the variance of civil wars. When antislavery candidate abraham lincoln was elected president 1860 the southern states seceded.

The poll was conducted by georgetown universitys institute of politics and public service as part of their annual battleground poll civility survey and according to the institutes executive director the results could indicate that the 2020 election could be as divisive and explosive as the 1860 election that precipitated the civil war of 1861 65.