Will the world become overpopulated? Did the baby boom cause things to get out of control? Will we kill the planet we live on if we keep reproducing?
These are some frequently asked questions that can make people very nervous about their future or the future of their posterity. I am here to tell you that the world is not on track to overpopulate. Fertility rates are actually decreasing and in most parts of the world, population will soon be nonexistent if this trend keeps up.
What happened with the baby boom is that we believed that women were having around 9 kids each when in actuality, they were having less than 4. We were starting to become more advanced and started making vaccines and taking daily baths. It wasn't that we were having more children but in fact we were living longer.
So, since our populations are actually diminishing we should not worry about using all of our resources. I've gotten all of my information from a documentary entitled, New Economic Reality: Demographic Winter. I have barely touched on all of the information it provides. If you want to check it out, that'd be great!
