08-11-2020, 04:48 AM
There is another side to this whole thing. Slowly the world is having a bigger senior population and a smaller workforce. This has slowly started affecting many countries including China. At the current rate population of China will be at 0.8 billion by 2100, after reaching a peak of 1.4 billion by 2030. This is due to what's called fertility level and replacement level. That's why they are changing the law from one-child policy to a two-child policy. Because they slowly moving to a point where there is a big aging population that needs more social benefits and ever-decreasing workforce which has to pay for that.
This already happening in many countries which had a population boom after world war two in the 50s and 60s. I read about 82 countries are experiencing fertility rates below the replacement level of about two births per woman. It might look great short term but would have some serious consequences long term. So many other countries have started already encouraging the birth rates.
Funny thing is immigration also helps lower the birthrate in a strange way. In the last couple of years, more than 1 million people have moved to European countries from countries like Afganistan, Siriya, etc. These people would have big families in their mother countries but once in the west, they are forced to have smaller families because of the cost of living.
I guess there is a natural mechanism that controls the population of all creatures on earth. As for humans every time there is a rise in population something destructive happens like a plague or big war. This has happened throughout history from the times of begin.
This already happening in many countries which had a population boom after world war two in the 50s and 60s. I read about 82 countries are experiencing fertility rates below the replacement level of about two births per woman. It might look great short term but would have some serious consequences long term. So many other countries have started already encouraging the birth rates.
Funny thing is immigration also helps lower the birthrate in a strange way. In the last couple of years, more than 1 million people have moved to European countries from countries like Afganistan, Siriya, etc. These people would have big families in their mother countries but once in the west, they are forced to have smaller families because of the cost of living.
I guess there is a natural mechanism that controls the population of all creatures on earth. As for humans every time there is a rise in population something destructive happens like a plague or big war. This has happened throughout history from the times of begin.