Rapid population growth creates a severe drag on rates of economic development otherwise attainable, sometimes to the point of preventing any increase in per capita incomes. In addition to the overall impact on per capita incomes, rapid population growth seriously affects a vast range of other aspects of the quality of life important to social and economic progress in the LDCs.
Aren't we currently dealing with rapid population growth?
Aren't we currently dealing with rapid population growth?
Only in Africa.
What about all the illegals coming in from the South?
I thought you were talking globally.
The place with the highest birthrates is Africa.
Almost everywhere else is below replacement rates, while Africans have at least three kids a family.