At a global scale yes. Now look at specific countries/continents, some are absolutely exploding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nigeria#/media/Fi

At a global scale yes. Now look at specific countries/continents, some are absolutely exploding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nigeria#/media/File:Nigeria_single_age_population_pyramid_2020.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nigeria#/media... https://www.populationpyramid.net/africa/2020/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/africa/2020/ They currently use a tiny fraction of the energy the west does (and pollute a tiny fraction), they'll eventually catch up in "quality of life", with all the comes with it (exploding energy consumption)