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Warpy

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Sat Mar 30, 2024, 05:49 PM Mar 2024

Birth Rates Are Plummeting in Most Nations, And The World Isn't Prepared [View all]

Human birth rates will continue to drop drastically over the coming century, and within just 25 years, over two-thirds of countries' populations will be in decline.

That's the finding of a new study published in The Lancet. The extensive team of international scientists behind the paper warns that governments must prepare for the massive changes we will face in the coming decades, as a result of these changes to global population patterns.
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"These future trends in fertility rates and live births will completely reconfigure the global economy and the international balance of power and will necessitate reorganizing societies," says Natalia Bhattacharjee, a population statistician with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in the US.

Back in 2018, previous studies found fertility rates were falling in half the world's populations, and the plummet continues.
https://www.sciencealert.com/birth-rates-are-plummeting-in-most-nations-and-the-world-isnt-prepared

https://www.sciencealert.com/birth-rates-are-plummeting-in-most-nations-and-the-world-isnt-prepared

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Earth needs fewer people. RandySF Mar 2024 #1
Nothing to worry about bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #2
Don't forget, they can be bricklayers and loading dock workers until they hit 70 Warpy Mar 2024 #3
I hear ya. It'll be an old folks world, but I don't relish passing days in the recliner bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #4
Not this 55-year-old BWdem4life Mar 2024 #15
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #19
Put me in jail then. Nt BWdem4life Mar 2024 #21
The Earth currently has 8 Billion people and counting. I am not worried about the allegedly falling birth rate... Hekate Mar 2024 #5
Some enterprising and impatient youngster set up nitrous oxide asphyxiation booths Warpy Mar 2024 #7
Any chance you can find a link to... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #8
Nope, pulled that one right outta my ass Warpy Mar 2024 #10
Ha! Well thank you anyway... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #11
VSED is already available Hekate Mar 2024 #12
Yes, but highly unpleasant Warpy Mar 2024 #13
Dunno. A close friend of mine chose it after a couple of strokes left her really disabled.... Hekate Mar 2024 #18
Perfect timing for AI. We might actually find benefits in downsizing, less growth, etc. Silent Type Mar 2024 #6
I know adapting will be challenging to society in general... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #9
Mother Nature might slightly recover from this overburdened and decimated planet peacebuzzard Mar 2024 #14
A smaller population might find completely different things to be useful Warpy Mar 2024 #16
I think we are possibly past the tipping point, peacebuzzard Mar 2024 #17
Invest in robotics. DavidDvorkin Mar 2024 #20
Great, another "doom and gloom" headline about a trend that is GOOD NEWS. RandomNumbers Apr 2024 #22
Yeah, I know, right? Warpy Apr 2024 #23
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