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> "The rate has generally been below replacement since 1971" And yet population has grown by 120 million [1]. There are a lot of problems in the world, but I d
by smaddox 8y ago
> "The rate has generally been below replacement since 1971"
And yet population has grown by 120 million [1]. There are a lot of problems in the world, but I don't think low fertility rates is one of them.
http://www.multpl.com/united-states-population/table http://www.multpl.com/united-states-population/table
- gxs 8y agoI think that's due to immigration - not birthrates.
- cjbprime 8y agoThere's also a lag associated with fertility rate decreases. Even if the children-per-woman rate has decreased sharply, the population can still be increasing for decades afterwards, because there are still a sharply higher absolute number of women in the relatively-lower-rate birthing generation, thanks to the rate having been higher in the past when they were born. Not caring about lower fertility rates because you don't realize that there's a temporary lag keeping the population increase high seems very careless.
- smaddox 8y agoFar better for the population to decrease naturally by choice, than due to wars over limited resources.