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I don't think it's just anecdotal, some data suggests this is happening. The book 'Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline' talks about this. The o
by ajeet_dhaliwal 7y ago
I don't think it's just anecdotal, some data suggests this is happening. The book 'Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline' talks about this. The only place in the world with high total fertility rate is now subsaharan Africa, even countries you might think have a lot of children don't really anymore. China is well known to have a low TFR now, but even India appears to have reached replacement level, although something called population momentum will mean population continues to increase for a couple more decades, and then decline.
- yters 7y agoWe in the West are doing our best to make their populations decline too, through contraception, abortion and disrupting their traditional structures. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Study_Memorandum_200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Study_Memora...
- aitchnyu 7y agoThe states with better human rights, medicine have gone below replacement while the others have not progressed. South India with ever-lower voter share is becoming irrelevant to national politics, in effect a punishment. https://scroll.in/article/865569/indian-population-is-growing-much-faster-in-the-north-and-the-south-is-paying-the-price https://scroll.in/article/865569/indian-population-is-growin...