> If you look at population growth, starting with Malthus, people warned of the dangers of overpopulation and urged people to abstain from sex, so as not to hav

> If you look at population growth, starting with Malthus, people warned of the dangers of overpopulation and urged people to abstain from sex, so as not to have too many children. Despite grim warnings that didn't happen. It has already happened in the west, even birth-happy countries like france have gone under replacement rates and their native populations are decreasing. Even China is starting to slow down, hence why we see China moving towards introducing baby bonus schemes. Currently Africa is the big holdout with their population still rising drastically but currently there isn't really any plan for Africa to reduce it's population. If anything, with African emigration increasing and no other major forces counteracting it, we are probably going to see Africa continue to grow in population for years to come. For whatever reason, Africa just isn't jumping on the pill bandwagon.