Trying to Stabilize Populations Before It is Too Late
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#70VKB)
Taiwan, South Korea and China have critically low fertility rates below 1.0. Japan is also very low (1.15) and has had low fertility for longer. By 2070, the countries could halve their current populations. A fertility rebound could avert 30-70% of projected population losses by 2100. This might stabilizing societies at near-current sizes-but only if ...