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

[William Flynn Wallace]

I am familiar with the theory that in undeveloped countries, the more they
get food-secure, the fewer babies they have.

But what theory explains the countries like Canada?   bill w

On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 6:41 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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.
> ----------
> 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.
> --------------------------------
>
> Hmmm.  Soon there will not be enough workers to tax to pay pensions.
> Those robots better get working soon!
>
> BillK
>
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