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What are the countries and cultures bucking the trend? It might be useful to understand what the world will look like in 50 years.
by 01100011 5y ago
What are the countries and cultures bucking the trend? It might be useful to understand what the world will look like in 50 years.
- w-j-w 5y ago
- vidarh 5y agoSome parts of sub-Saharan Africa still have high fertility, but those who have seen increased economic development have also seen at least the start of the same demographic transition. Last time I checked population growth forecasts, the models mostly predict worldwide population contraction within a century. Substantial increases in longevity could delay that, but avoiding it entirely would take fairly substantial efforts to encourage more children. As someone with a single child, I'd say substantially improved childcare provisions would be necessary, but insufficient - I could afford a lot of childcare, but having a child is still a lot of work. Efforts to normalise more help, might help, but some of the options that might help in that respect (e.g. more au pairs, live in aid) are actively countered by high house prices.
- 54534534 5y agoFertility is declining rapidly across Africa: https://www.afd.fr/en/actualites/dramatic-drop-fertility-across-africa https://www.afd.fr/en/actualites/dramatic-drop-fertility-acr...