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This is an interesting article. I'll link to it but I saw something similar from an Australia news source on YouTube.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a...-collapse-isn-t-sci-fi-anymore-niall-ferguson
The point of the piece is that the Earth peak population is likely to occur late in this century. It's already happening in most developed countries and that is anytime the average birth rate per female is less than 2.1 children.
Currently India, Egypt, and several sub-Saharan countries in Africa are above the 2.1 rate so the greatest growth is in the area least able to support them. There are both positive and negative aspects to declining growth but we have generally focused on overpopulation issues when underpopulation issues are more likely for developed countries.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/a...-collapse-isn-t-sci-fi-anymore-niall-ferguson
The point of the piece is that the Earth peak population is likely to occur late in this century. It's already happening in most developed countries and that is anytime the average birth rate per female is less than 2.1 children.
Currently India, Egypt, and several sub-Saharan countries in Africa are above the 2.1 rate so the greatest growth is in the area least able to support them. There are both positive and negative aspects to declining growth but we have generally focused on overpopulation issues when underpopulation issues are more likely for developed countries.
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