Replacement Population

Declining birth rates and exodus from California are causing the population to shrink. Nevertheless, government-funded, apartment-building projects have been underway for the past few years that are in anticipation of a vast growing population made up of immigrants.

The UN estimates that almost half of the world's population lives in countries with below replacement fertility rates. The main clusters of low fertility generally ​are found in advanced and industrialized regions. The big story here is that all the hand-wringing over an overcrowded future planet is scientifically unfounded. If the current trend continues, it is even possible that mankind soon will be worried about population shrinkage and underproduction.