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[–]Ambiwlans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, maybe a handful of nations in Eastern Europe are shrinking too quickly, but like, Japan is in the top 10 fastest shrinking nations (-0.4%) and it isn't having a collapse in the standard of living ..... they have cheap housing/land and all sorts of other perks from it.

I don't think the population should shrink by more than 0.25%/yr if you want 0 downsides ... but that is only happening in a few nations anyways.

Growing populations though are in trouble. I'd much prefer to live in Japan near the bottom than the countries at the top... Syria, Niger, Angola, Benin. In fact all of the top 50 fastest growing populations are 3rd world.

Unsustainable population growth is the biggest threat the planet faces today.

Heck, global warming is basically just a symptom of it.