birth rates continue stunning decline worldwide (2025 estimates)

Alright! More for me and you!

Source? Not that I don’t believe you.

Blame tech and the smartphone.

shallow thinking. it's multifaceted but driven by a single cause.

There are 8.2 billion people in the world. Why is it so important that we produce even more?

I’m so terrified of whites being replaced! Don’t make me leave my bubble

We have been shaming people who rely on government assistance and telling them they should only have children if they have a well-paying job. Additionally, young people are burdened with significant student debt, which leaves them with less money for purchasing a home and establishing the financial security needed to raise a child in a stable environment.

Isn't this a consequence of our own actions? Maybe we could increase welfare, and forgive student loans? Just a thought.

I was in California a few weeks ago. Went to the pier early in the morning. Dozens of surfers out there waiting for the perfect wave. Pretty much all of them in their 40's and 50's. Aging population isn't just a European and Asian problem, we have it in the US, too. It's just masked by millions of new immigrants every year.

When 70% of people are over 65, you’re not going to like those generational conflicts.

Even (richer) countries in Africa:

Morocco 2.2

South Africa 2.2

Tunisia 1.8

Maldives 1.6

Cabo Verde 1.5

Mauritius 1.4

These all were well above replacement rate just 10-20 years ago.

In places where birth rates don’t turn around expect social programs for the elderly to be gutted in 20-30 years.

30% of the population can’t support 70% retirees.

People think “oh, less people, that’s ok.” But you have to get through 3-4 generations of hugely lopsided demographics. A massive geriatric class reliant on a small population of workers

Revolt is the expected outcome.

A massive productivity boom (AI + automation) could solve it, absent turning around birth rates.

The only people that are concerned about this are white nationalists. They are mostly concerned about fewer white babies. The world is over populated, less people is a good thing. AI and automation are about to make a ton of jobs unnecessary. Fewer people would be a good thing.

How do you propose distributing resources in a society that’s 75% retirees?

South Korea is going to look like that in 30 years or so. The rest not far behind.

I agree AI and robotics would bail us out, if it gets there in time.

This has been known for a long time. It's been a fifty year decline. Even Kenya, which once had among the highest birthrates is now at 3.

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/06/global-decline-of-fertility-rates-visualised/

AI and automation will make the dire need for young “workers” a non issue. It will be in plenty of time. Low birth rates will usher it in even faster if it is lagging.

Exactly. You know what's worse than high immigration and a growing population? Try the opposite, try emigration and nobody being born - see how that works out societally and economically.