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> People keep saying we can feed 10 billion people. Whether global population ever reaches 10 billion people is in doubt. Fertility rates are falling faster th
by andrewjl 5y ago
> People keep saying we can feed 10 billion people.
Whether global population ever reaches 10 billion people is in doubt. Fertility rates are falling faster than the most aggressive UN estimates in all but a few places. [1][2]
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/global-population-shrinking.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/global-population-s...
[2] Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline by Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson