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35. That isn't what the article says.

Reply to qazplm135 (Reply #33)

Sun Jul 19, 2020, 12:55 AM

Jul 2020

The article says the population will peak in ‘64 and then start declining.

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Researchers Say Earth Is Headed for "Jaw-Dropping" Population Decline [View all] Celerity Jul 2020 OP

Hello "Children Of Men". ret5hd Jul 2020 #1

That's right rusty quoin Jul 2020 #22

This is a good problem to have. PTWB Jul 2020 #2

eh I don't think it's as good as you think qazplm135 Jul 2020 #11

We definitely need fewer people. PTWB Jul 2020 #13

I'm with you, too many people. Alex4Martinez Jul 2020 #16

not really qazplm135 Jul 2020 #24

It's easier to reduce our population than change our nature. PTWB Jul 2020 #31

But we aren't going to reduce our population from what it is now qazplm135 Jul 2020 #33

That isn't what the article says. PTWB Jul 2020 #35

to a number over a billion MORE qazplm135 Jul 2020 #37

The decline will continue. PTWB Jul 2020 #38

lol qazplm135 Jul 2020 #40

Agree completely!! Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #29

Oh, brother, that they have to suggest an existential problem out Hortensis Jul 2020 #58

Initially, that will be a problem, but once lower birth rates become the norm, things will smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #17

Your answer confirms that... HelpImSurrounded Jul 2020 #41

lol qazplm135 Jul 2020 #42

LOL some of us already working into our 60s-70s! Id be living on dogfood if I Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2020 #54

I wouldn't trust the forecasts of anyone marybourg Jul 2020 #3

Your are incorrect. Forecasted is commonly used (but not limited to) British English, and is also Celerity Jul 2020 #47

Yes, we will have to reorganize societies, and I don't think this is a bad thing. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #4

You are so very wise :) nt mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #7

+1000 Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #30

Yeah greytdemocrat Jul 2020 #43

Who would be killed? smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #46

Everything you said on this thread CatLady78 Jul 2020 #51

Please name a socialist country that does not want growth. former9thward Jul 2020 #53

yes indeed. Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #57

I'd say it's the Aschen, but we didn't get the cool technology. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #5

There's nothing bad about this. NOTHING ... mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #6

unless you live in Nigeria, they're projected to have more people than the US and the EU combined do Celerity Jul 2020 #8

That sounds absolutely insane for a country of that size. Ace Rothstein Jul 2020 #14

Bangladesh is one sixth the size of Nigeria and has 165 million, Nigeria has 206 million now Celerity Jul 2020 #27

Bangladesh sounds like a hard pass from me. Ace Rothstein Jul 2020 #34

... Celerity Jul 2020 #36

if Bangladesh was the same size as Nigeria, with its current density, it'd have 1.03 billion people Celerity Jul 2020 #32

Either nature will take over (disease, global warming, which will cause starvation and death from smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #21

This isn't a problem. BGBD Jul 2020 #9

It's gonna drop faster than these forecasts. roamer65 Jul 2020 #10

Or a pandemic 10x more deadly than covid Wednesdays Jul 2020 #23

A decrease in litter size is normal in rat overpopulation experiments. aggression is increased too Baclava Jul 2020 #12

8.8 billion by 2100? In your dreams NickB79 Jul 2020 #15

There will be more automation in the future. The only reason they say it's negative JI7 Jul 2020 #18

Earth is also headed for "Jaw-Dropping" decline in habitable areas. PSPS Jul 2020 #19

Remember when SOYLENT GREEN suggested that our real problem was overpopulation? brooklynite Jul 2020 #20

They had a lot of extras for that movie. It was the last movie for Edward G. Robinson. rusty quoin Jul 2020 #25

"Who pays tax in a massively aged world? Who pays for healthcare for the elderly?" Mariana Jul 2020 #26

A peak population of 10 billion on an already severely stressed planet Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #28

Yup.nt CatLady78 Jul 2020 #50

The Fascists will still keep having them though dustyscamp Jul 2020 #39

This pandemic that we're living through is only a preview of what will happen if we don't stop this. Initech Jul 2020 #44

This doesn't factor in medical advances meadowlander Jul 2020 #45

did you read the study (I provided the link to it in the OP)? Celerity Jul 2020 #49

This is a good thing-the planet is overburdened CatLady78 Jul 2020 #48

I already have enough stress worrying about the next 6 months. milestogo Jul 2020 #52

Call it Malthus' Revenge ucrdem Jul 2020 #55

Their figures can end up quite surprising muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #56

Idk, I think climate change will get in the way of this eventually Calculating Jul 2020 #59