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No, even with lower birth rates there are going to continue to be many, many humans on earth.
by oivey 3y ago
No, even with lower birth rates there are going to continue to be many, many humans on earth.
- kspacewalk2 3y agoIf fertility rates remain below replacement levels, then eventually we will go extinct. How far below replacement determines how quickly this will happen.
- beebeepka 3y agoHuman population is still growing faster than we can manage long term, so it's way too early to worry
- francisofascii 3y agoThe low fertility rate is not very uniform across cultures. Some pockets of society have high fertility rates which would keep things going. Also, fertility rate cultural norms can easily reverse a few generations down the line.
- kspacewalk2 3y agoI'm speaking of the overall, global fertility rate, which is currently around 2.3.
- raspyberr 3y agoIf there are fewer people, there's less competition and more resources, people get more stuff, people get happier, and have more children.
- SoftTalker 3y agoHappier people with more resources have fewer children. Poor people who lack resources have more children.
- oivey 3y agoYes, and at current rates it would take many, many generations for extinction to occur. Do the math with whatever birth rate you want to use. It’s not like birth rate is likely to stay constant over such a long period, either.
- PhasmaFelis 3y agoThe current trend does not determine long-term future behavior, any more previous trend of rapidly rising population did.