Opinion | We need to prepare for a shrinking world population – but will we? scmp.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scmp.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Human birth rates will continue to drop drastically over the coming century, and within just 25 years, over two-thirds of countries' populations will be in decline.
World's population forecast to fall for first time since the Black Death sott.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sott.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Women are having children later in life or not having them at all, and this will ultimately have profound impacts on our world as we know it, writes Cianan Brennan