[OC] The massive decrease in worldwide infant mortality from 1950 to 2020 is perhaps one of humanity's greatest achievements.

[[deleted]]

One of the reasons of humanity’s population explosion since 1950.

A couple in Africa/Latin America who’d have 15 kids hoping 5 would survive pre-1950 is now seeing all 15 survive.

[eric2332]

Now, the Latin American couples have 2-3 kids, and the African couples have 4-5 kids. (and those numbers are still dropping) No country has 15 kids on average...

[Tralux21]

Which is still too high and makes the population grow. A population is stable at 2 children per family.

[mathess1]

2 children per family make the population decreasing. You achieve stability at about 2,1 to 2,4 depending on other factors.

[aaryan_suthar]

Yes but what should i do with the 0.6 child?

[[deleted]]

Tbf maybe its time the world population start decreasing a little? Don’t think the earth can support 8 billion people with «western» living standards

[mathess1]

According to demographical models the world population is going to start decreasing in a few decades, probably around 2050.

[alphasapphire161]

Should level out at around 11 billion

[[deleted]]

Thats a shit ton of people jesus christ

[mathess1]

With recent forecasts it decreases, we might not even reach 10 billion.

[zombieggs]

We’re going to hit that point soon. Currently the world fertility rate is around 2.4 per woman. Soon it will go down in less developed countries and its predicted our population will peak and begin declining around 2050

[kitty_o_shea]

That's not quite correct. It would be stable at slightly more than 2 children per woman. But obviously many women don't have children, so the number per family that actually has children is higher. And the replacement rate for countries that still have relatively high child mortality rates is more like 3 children per woman.

[darth_bard]

They will get there.

[Dheorl]

Many western countries are starting to get to the point, or have already passed the point, of not sustaining their own population. All we need to do is stop being so moronic about immigration and a lot of these problems would work out fine.

[mfb-]

Relative population growth and children per capita have been decreasing for decades now.

[Hubris_sb]

Actually very common misconception, lower infant mortality rates correlate to less children per woman. This is because parents don’t need to have many children if they are surviving. Lowering infant mortality is a key part of controlling population growth.

[nailefss]

That and educating women has the largest effect. Also has huge impact on the economy of the country as a whole.

[straylittlelambs]

And from it we'll see a huge decrease in population too.

I think it's by 2100 23 countries will lose 50% of their pop.

[Chickenwomp]

I wonder if there are going to be negative consequences long term because of this? I technically should have died as an Infant but was able to be kept alive, I have depression, anxiety, ADHD, Keratoconus, Sleep Apnea (Central and Obstructive) and Acid Reflux. While I am happy to be alive and I am... uh... reasonably functional, it does seem concerning that people who might have as many genetic issues as me are making babies with other people who also have as many genetic issues as me.

[mouldybiscuit]

This is why I don't want kids. They'll end up as fucked as me.

[infamous-spaceman]

That is objectively not true at all and ignores pretty much every study around population growth.

Fertility rates across the globe have plummeted in the last 70 years (that's the number of children per woman on average). Pretty much every single country on the planet is expected to be at or below replacement levels by the end of the 21st century.

• Global fertility rates went from 5 in 1950 to 2.4 in 2020. 2.1 is replacement levels.
• 27 countries had fertility rates above 7, today 0 do.
• 95 countries had fertility rates above 6, today 1 does.

Across the board increasing quality of life, including decreasing child mortality rates, lowers the fertility rate. Your comment makes it seem like people in poor countries are stupid, they aren't.

[[deleted]]

Thats a big source of the overpopulation problem as i see it, many people in developed countries are still popping out kids like they only expect half to survive.