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Are you talking about the west or the whole world? Because if you're talking about the whole world, I'm pretty sure you're incorrect.

xiaq 9y ago
The trend is universal, although some developing countries have not reached that stage yet. Kurzgesagt has a good video on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348
- ljw1001 9y ago
  The trend is towards low/no growth, but it's not there yet because of the current growth in some developing countries as you mention. People need to recognize that this is, currently, just a trend, and not yet a fact and certainly not a physical law. For example, large families are correlated with religious fundamentalism, which is rising. Could it rise to the point where the trend changes? It is possible.
  - dirtyaura 9y ago
    Family size is generally going down everywhere, also in religious countries. Population growth is mainly because we live longer. It's not a physical law, but still pretty well understood phenomenon: more likely your offsprings are going to survive, less likely you are going breed more of them. Rosling also claimed that population growth projections have been very accurate for decades.
    - thanksgiving 9y ago
      As "we" have fewer children and "they" continue to have more children, I'm not sure where the future is headed. I'm not saying Idiocracy levels but you have to wonder if the video is correct. For example, what is erdogan thinking when he says Turks should have five or more children? I'd love to be able to read what's going on in people's heads. Personally, I couldn't give two (insert expletive) if my "culture and heritage" were to disappear or dissolve I to something new in fifty or a hundred years.
AlexCoventry 9y ago
Global growth rate is dropping... whether it's sublinear depends on where you want to start the clock and what resolution you want to consider, I think. http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#growthrate http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#growthrate
- guskel 9y ago
  The rate is dropping but the population is still growing and will continue to do so for some time.

xiaq 9y ago

The trend is universal, although some developing countries have not reached that stage yet. Kurzgesagt has a good video on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348

ljw1001 9y ago
The trend is towards low/no growth, but it's not there yet because of the current growth in some developing countries as you mention. People need to recognize that this is, currently, just a trend, and not yet a fact and certainly not a physical law. For example, large families are correlated with religious fundamentalism, which is rising. Could it rise to the point where the trend changes? It is possible.
- dirtyaura 9y ago
  Family size is generally going down everywhere, also in religious countries. Population growth is mainly because we live longer. It's not a physical law, but still pretty well understood phenomenon: more likely your offsprings are going to survive, less likely you are going breed more of them. Rosling also claimed that population growth projections have been very accurate for decades.
  - thanksgiving 9y ago
    As "we" have fewer children and "they" continue to have more children, I'm not sure where the future is headed. I'm not saying Idiocracy levels but you have to wonder if the video is correct. For example, what is erdogan thinking when he says Turks should have five or more children? I'd love to be able to read what's going on in people's heads. Personally, I couldn't give two (insert expletive) if my "culture and heritage" were to disappear or dissolve I to something new in fifty or a hundred years.

AlexCoventry 9y ago

Global growth rate is dropping... whether it's sublinear depends on where you want to start the clock and what resolution you want to consider, I think. http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#growthrate http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#growthrate

guskel 9y ago
The rate is dropping but the population is still growing and will continue to do so for some time.