> On average, people live longer, yet it's not that they die "less". Yes, they do. Previous generations had more children. The higher birth rate did not yield

> On average, people live longer, yet it's not that they die "less". Yes, they do. Previous generations had more children. The higher birth rate did not yield a higher population growth rate, in part because the death rate was also higher. If we had death rates approaching the past, without a similar increase in birth rate, we would be in steep population decline, not the low population growth or slight population decline that most developed countries find themselves in today.