[Lila]

Contrary to popular belief, almost every region of the world is experiencing a decline in fertility rates (number of live births). Sub Saharan countries in Africa lead overall in fertility rates but they also have the poorest, least developed countries - some with the highest mortality rates.

Eastern countries like Japan, Korea, China, and India have also seen significant drops in fertility rates so this is not a "Western" issue.

I'm not worried about civilization going belly up however @Ikaika is correct. We're looking at an inverted pyramid situation where the world population will be made up of much older people. Long term care of the elderly will be an issue we need to address.

 

[Lila]

So what your saying is people need to have more babies so those babies can wipe our butts in nursing homes. I think that is going to be kind of a hard sell for the younger generations LOL

Lol no, not at all. I'm actually happy the fertility rates are dropping. No, I just think we need to start thinking about how we, as a human race, plan on addressing this issue now versus later.