Fertility rates in the world 1970 vs 2022

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  1. This map is also a good indicator of women’s rights – educated women and ’empowered’ women tend to have fewer children than under-educated or disenfranchised counterparts (with some exceptions ofc).

  2. Malthus was wrong, fortunately. I think [this article](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-malthus-is-still-wrong/) explains it best:

    >The problem with Malthusians, Bailey writes, is that they “cannot let go of the simple but clearly wrong idea that human beings are no different than a herd of deer when it comes to reproduction.” Humans are thinking animals. We find solutions—think Norman Borlaug and the green revolution. The result is the opposite of what Malthus predicted: the wealthiest nations with the greatest food security have the lowest fertility rates, whereas the most food-insecure countries have the highest fertility rates.
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    >The solution to overpopulation is not to force people to have fewer children. China’s one-child policy showed the futility of that experiment. It is to raise the poorest nations out of poverty through democratic governance, free trade, access to birth control, and the education and economic empowerment of women.

  3. This map gives some hope. It’s the easiest way to reduce energy consumption. Also good for women and kids.

  4. Too expensive and everyone is too busy in Europe to have kids. The powers that be are ok with this though, as their agenda is to reduce our population.

  5. I don’t think these stats are all that useful.

    Demographics are more fundamentally different in a country with a 1.7 fertility rate vs. 1.2 fertility rate than it is in a country with 5 or 6 fertility rate.

    I.e. it would be better to categorize fertility rates as follows:

    * <1 – disasterous
    * 1-1.5 – bad
    * 1.5-2 – okay
    * 2-2.5 – sustainable
    * 2.5-4 – high, but managable
    * >4 – too high

  6. Why are all Yugoslav countries shown differently in the 1970 one even tho they were all together?

  7. The situation is kind of blue. Well, the overpopulation needs to stop at some point. We keep growing 7 now 8 billion people… rather soon we would be 9 then racing to 10…

    The Earth has finite resources.

  8. omg so many comments saying that’s good.. If you think this is good than go do some research!

  9. We’ve hit a snag. This will be solved once technological advancements are made in terms for food, housing and such. Once that is done, we’ll have another boomer generation and reach 10+ billion people.

  10. In the 1970s there was a real panic about the threat of global over-population.

    The good news is that we seem to be rounding that corner.

    In the 1970s there was also a panic that burning fossil fuels was causing global warming.

    The bad news is that we seem to be rounding that corner too, but not in a good way.

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