[ExI] Birthrate falling worldwide - not just in the developed nations

[BillK]

Fewer babies are being born around the world, and not only in the
places you’d expect
John Ibbitson        Published October 17, 2024

<https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opinion/article-fertility-rates-developing-countries-globally/>
Quotes:
There has been a great deal of commentary on falling fertility rates
in developed countries – including Canada, which has seen its birth
rate drop from 1.6 children per woman to 1.26 in less than a decade.

But not enough attention is being paid to an even more dramatic
phenomenon: the collapse, in just the past few years, of fertility
rates in developing countries.

Even those of us who have been predicting, in defiance of United
Nations estimates, that the global population will peak mid-century
and then begin to decline didn’t expect to see the numbers plunging
like this. The accelerating collapse of birth rates in the developing
world is nothing less than astonishing.
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We can debate the environmental benefits, economic costs and
geopolitical implications of global population decline. But one thing
is beyond debate: It’s coming at us faster than anybody thought.
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Hmmm.  Soon there will not be enough workers to tax to pay pensions.
Those robots better get working soon!

BillK