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Red_October@lemmy.world 2 months agoIn essence, when the growth rate slows to a certain point, people are dying faster than they’re being replaced, and the trend can only continue unless everyone starts having 10 kids.
Growth is growth. It’s not tracking only births, it’s tracking births against deaths. Population decline is people dying faster than they’re being replaced, but even “very slow growth” would still mean the population is increasing.
sukhmel@programming.dev 2 months ago
There are countries that decline in population even though they try to offset it with immigration, Japan is ahead of everyone in that.
But every time someone talks about the decline in population they usually aren’t afraid of people going extinct, they are afraid of working hands supply going low imo 🌚
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Not anymore, Japan has one of the highest birthrates in Asia now.
wahming@monyet.cc 2 months ago
Uh what. Source on that please?
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
fortune.com/…/asia-worlds-lowest-birth-rates-baby…
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It’s less “Japan’s got higher” than “Japan’s fell the slowest compared to other Asian countries”
sukhmel@programming.dev 2 months ago
You mean, the rest of the Asia has gone below even further? Also, birthrate isn’t the only factor, and birthrate of Japan is highest among developed Asian countries, it’s not highest overall
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
You’re right, I was thinking east Asia when I said “Asia” and should have been clearer, and it’s more that Japan’s has fallen the slowest