If the global Net Reproduciton Rate fell to 0.75 (the level in most wealthy countries) it would take at least a century for the world population to fall back to the level it was in the 1960s, when people started worrying about rapid population growth.
Thanks for sharing! It really highlights the fact that we have these generational panics about reproduction, but they have to do with culture as much as demographics
This topic is a family business for me. My mother wrote her masters thesis, "No Rising Generation", about fertility panic at the beginning of the 20th century.,
Two of my favorite writers collaborating!
If the global Net Reproduciton Rate fell to 0.75 (the level in most wealthy countries) it would take at least a century for the world population to fall back to the level it was in the 1960s, when people started worrying about rapid population growth.
Thanks for sharing! It really highlights the fact that we have these generational panics about reproduction, but they have to do with culture as much as demographics
This topic is a family business for me. My mother wrote her masters thesis, "No Rising Generation", about fertility panic at the beginning of the 20th century.,
What an interesting angle! where's that data from?
From the UN Population Division, reproduced here
https://johnquigginblog.substack.com/p/are-pro-natalists-living-on-the-same