“Worldwide, birthrates have been halved in the past 50 years. There are now 59 nations, with 44% of the world’s population, with below-replacement fertility.
Sometime in this century, the world’s population will begin to decline. At a certain point, the decline will become rapid. We may even reach population free-fall in our lifetimes.”
— Demographic Winter Q&A section (my apologies; it’s a flash-based site).
This is _good_ news. The world’s growth rate was unsustainable.
And a negative growth rate is?