The UN Population Division report of 2022 projects world population to continue growing after 2050, although at a steadily decreasing rate, to peak at 10.4 billion in 2086, and then to start a slow decline to about 10.3 billion in 2100 with a growth rate at that time of -0.1%.
This estinmate is dropping almost every year. If the worlds population growth goes into reverse
How will we cope with a shrinking workforce, an aging population, and potential economic challenges, but also potentially lower resource consumption and environmental impact
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@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Yes but despite what we may think the stats say that once immigrants reach a devleoped world environment brith rates drop and still seem to be dropping still so they will norm out at the ridcluous 1.5 babies per woman in a generation - except that number is also falling
@Captain Well yes. Birth rates do naturally drop when you move to a country with more opportunity and more education. But that also often takes generations to happen, and worker shortages tend to be temporary and a moving target.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I think the point about it takes a generation is almost a given isnt it but yes studies seem to show it takes about a generation of new migrants to adapt to the norms of th country ie once they are not migrants.
@Captain In alot of cases it is not about cultural norms. IF you no longer live in a country where half your kids won't live to adulthood the number of kids you have drops for purely practical reasons.
