* Population growth in the first world is stable, low, or even negative. A quick google search shows that whilst population was pretty stable in UK in the 80s,

* Population growth in the first world is stable, low, or even negative. A quick google search shows that whilst population was pretty stable in UK in the 80s, since then it's been steadily rising. Growth is now 0.75% a year. But that growth rate is deceptive. Look at https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_grow&hl=en&dl=en&idim=country:GBR:USA:DEU https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9... But that growth rate is deceptive - it "looks" low. But if you check the absolute numbers: In the UK, population has grown by around 10% in the last 20 years, and it's on an increasingly upward trend. https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_totl&hl=en&dl=en&idim=country:GBR:FRA:DEU https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9... Just anecdotally, if you live in the UK, you'll know how many new homes they're building all over the countryside. World population: https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_totl&hl=en&dl=en&idim=country:GBR:FRA:DEU#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=sp_pop_totl&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&ifdim=region&tdim=true&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9... I'm glad you can see that graph levelling off, but I can't see it...