> The world has probably not reached 'peak child' yet. However, we are likely very close to a long flat peak; the number of children in the world will not incre

> The world has probably not reached 'peak child' yet. However, we are likely very close to a long flat peak; the number of children in the world will not increase much more. We are close to the peak. I find this highly unlikely. There is huge selection pressure in favor of any population that is resistant to whatever is causing the general decrease in fertility. One example is the Amish. For quite a while, now, their population doubles every 20 years. So far they've managed to maintain their fertility, where other notoriously high fertility populations who are less culturally isolated have not.