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Not in the West. Most Western countries would be losing population if it weren't for the effects of immigration. It's not even really true in China these days
by Turing_Machine 3y ago
Not in the West. Most Western countries would be losing population if it weren't for the effects of immigration.
It's not even really true in China these days (in fact, China is looking at demographic collapse).
India's population is still increasing, but only at a rate of about 0.81% per annum, compared to 2% or more through most of the 20th Century. Many expect it to continue to decline and go negative sometime in the next few decades.
The so-called "Population Bomb" has turned out to be a dud almost everywhere.
- ibejoeb 3y agoSo? They're having eight kids per woman in the majority of Africa. To say "unless you hate humanity you probably want there to be one in the future," with the implication that we're running out of humans, is some alternate reality.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago> So? > They're having eight kids per woman in the majority of Africa. First off, that's not true. The mean fertility in Africa is 4.2, not 8 or anything like it (8 may be the case in some areas, but not the "majority"). Secondly, China, India, and even Europe and the United States had very high fertility rates in the past. Now they don't.