TFR & faith 1

Seven years ago I read What to Expect When No One's Expecting and wrote about it in this blog ("Less People" series, May 2013). Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is declining in many countries of the world, which results in aging societies and declining population. (Get some background here.)

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It's a stunning reversal for the many people who thought global population growth was dangerously out of control.

A professor says, "This is jaw-dropping . . . It will create enormous social change. It makes me worried because I have an eight-year-old daughter and I wonder what the world will be like." 

By 2100, a study says that there will be twice as many people over 80 years old as children under five years old. Society and politics will definitely change.

Standing far apart from this global trend are African countries. 

from BBC
(cont'd tomorrow)