A world without children a result of worldwide "demographic death spiral"

[Selznak]

Japan offers the chance to observe the demographic death spiral in its purest form

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/apr/07040501.html

 

[Catherineanne]

http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/apr/07040501.html

Given that the world's population is set to double within the next 30 years (as far as I can remember the figures) I do not think that we are in danger of extinction just yet.

But thanks for an interesting link.

 

[gwynedd1]

Given that the world's population is set to double within the next 30 years (as far as I can remember the figures) I do not think that we are in danger of extinction just yet.

But thanks for an interesting link.

I doubt that. This is spreading. When one considers China, Russia, Europe and Japan that is in decline those are huge populations. This implies that the population will reach a 50% increase in 45 years.

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/world.html

 

[Voegelin]

If world population doubles in the next 30 years the growth rate would be over 2% a year. It isn't. UN and others predict around 9 billion by 2050--an increase of less than 50%.

I would assume that rate is based on what we see now and doesn't take into account acts of pestilence or war. If the first half of the 21st century is half as bad as the first half of the 20th century was, the projections are way too high.

We have little more defense against a 1918-19 H1N1 type flu today than we did after WWI. We could lose 5%-10% of the world population right there. Wouldn't be the elderly and infants who died either. People in their prime with good immune systems get hit hardest by that type of influenza. That would decrease birth rates for another generation.

 

[ContentInHim]

I'm currently reading America Alone by Mark Steyn. It's truly an eye-opener. The USA has the highest developed world's birth rate of 2.1% which is barely replacement and is due to larger Hispanic families. The lowest is Spain with something like 1.1%. Spain, in the next generation, will see it's population halved. Europe is in much the same situation. The only people having children are the Muslims. Europe will not be Europe within a couple of generations - it will be Muslim.

Fortunately I believe that Messiah will return before that situation comes to fruition.

 

[ContentInHim]

Do you have a link for that statistic?