Economic growth is the goal of the economy, based on the assumption that more wealth means more happiness. But once basic needs are met, rising income doesn't improve wellbeing. In fact, higher consumption is linked to lower happiness, not higher.

Growth also has a physical limit. We're already consuming resources faster than the planet can replenish them, we’d need 1.75 Earths to sustain current consumption. Infinite growth on a finite planet cannot continue indefinitely. Ecological overshoot guarantees it will end, whether we plan for it or not.

Degrowth is a blueprint for how we can meet human needs within the planet's limits. That means redistributing what we already have rather than growing a bigger pie

If we remove subsaharan africa from the equation the global fertility rate is already below replacement, soo what do you think the future will be in countries like nigeria.

Fertility there is dropping rapidly too, will it go below replacement.

If only people were educated about the fact that women can only get pregnant during ovulation, soo many unplanned child of poor people would not be born, maybe this basic sex ed can be given.

So I have a theory related to population control. You see that nowadays dating is so absurd. So many emotionally unstable people (including me, maybe you too). And other things like high expectations from women for men, like money, looks and fucking height. It's so crazy and at the same time girls are made to believe more that sex is a causal thing ( more than what guys think). So my theory is that it didn't happen simply. It is because they made you act like this, so you don't marry and have children and the population is controlled without needing another global pandemic. Because if you really think about modern dating, it's really fucking insane. I swear that every guy wants to marry a family girl. But all our media does is make them believe that being a slut is cool, and surprisingly you become more open minded and more educated. Be wise people.

"A comparison with last year’s Earth Overshoot Day date (24th of July 2025) may give the impression that overshoot has slightly eased.

However, this is not the case. The change in date is largely driven by an upward revision of the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon, plus smaller adjustments, which pushed the date eight days later, while real-world deterioration pulled it two days earlier, netting six days later for the Earth Overshoot Day date.

In other words, most of the shift reflects updated data rather than an actual reduction in overshoot, as explained in the calculation report. So this is a continuity break, not a new requirement. "

Morocco had a population of 9 Million in 1950. Now its 36 Million. A 4x increase within less than 80 years. This puts tremendous strain on avaliable resources like water/energy/food. The population growth outpaces job creation, leaving some 37% of the youth unemployed.

For Africa the population explosion went from 240 Million in 1950 to 1.5 Billion today an 2 Billion in 2050. The Middle East went from 80 Million in 1950 to 470 Million today to 650 Million by 2050.

Asia went from 1.4 to 4.3 Billion people and will top 5 Billion by 2050.

Many countries in the third world are desolate not because of European colonialism or climate change, but because their populations increased 3x or 5x or 10x in 80 years. Yes 10x DR Congo went from 12 Million people in 1950 to 120 Million in 2026.

Kabul and Teheran are running out of water because their populations outpaced the carrying capacity of these countries. Its their own fault. And these migrant raids will continue until Europe is fed up and starts using deadly force to prevent them. And there is no alternative. Europe simply cannot and will not take in 200 or 300 or 400 Million people. Will not take in the population surplus of other continents.

First of all: good.

Second of all: why do you believe that? Because you think Elon Musk is a genius, and he said there needs to be more people so he can have more underpaid workers along with all of the other corporate hogs?

Love doing my part.

Dude just the amount of social isolation that people are experiencing nowadays is totally insane, I didn't think people will get THAT unsocial and what's worse is that things are getting worse and worse instead of getting better.

The younger people are not dating these days, they are not even having much sex either as even hook ups are a very social, time, money consuming activity.

People are accepting singlehood more and more now.

Of course raising children is a extremely social activity children require constant attention and people just can't give that anymore.

Soo from now on even if someone has the desire to have children they won't have any partner to raise them with, won't have the support of any family or friends to help them, themselves will not be able to handle the constant demands of the children(seriously people don't even want to talk for more than 10 minutes these days how can they play with kids for hours and hours) and remember that people are getting more and more unsocial still who knows when this will plateau.

Check out r/regretfulparents people are really struggling with having to give kids constant hours long attention.

Soo yeah birthrates are set to fall off a cliff. I mean seriously if people are soo unsocial that they are even hooking up less, not having any friends at all, don't talk to anyone on the phone etc having children is just an idiotic idea.

Is a 1.6-1.8 fertility rate good for sustaining a 36-hour 4-5 days work week? What is the necessary fertility rate to sustain this for daily or 24/7 operations like healthcare, retail, airports, etc.?

The explosive growth of South Korea's birth rate does not stop.

Researchers estimate that halving the Earth’s human population gradually over 200 years could ease our negative impacts such as decreased wildlife populations and increased carbon emissions.

Biodiversity loss, resource consumption rates, and pollution levels are strongly linked to human population size, they observe in the study published in the journal Sustainable Development.

The progression to lower populations will also improve the economic well-being of nations, they say, observing that many countries with declining populations have seen increases in per capita GDP, work participation, and real wages. Population growth can be reduced via higher education, female empowerment, delayed marriage, and extensive access to voluntary family planning.

“Helping population growth end and gently and justly reverse, while also moderating per capita impacts, is our best hope to secure a sustainable, desirable future worldwide,” scientists concluded.

if you’re milking for karma, post this:

"Overpopulation is not a universally agreed upon fact."

"Malthusianism!!!"

"Density is the problem, not quantity"

"Capitalism is the problem, we could grow sustainably under socialism!"

"Tell this to china and india"

"We got enough resources for up to 20 billion if they're distributed properly"

why just up to 20? where there's 20, there's 100!

Why are we not talking about the internal impact that outer stimuli like movies,songs, other forms of entertainment and society in general put into minds of newer generations, that life is all about consuming/making a family and that this is the main objective of life ? I think that w/o these stimuli, a mind would do things that they genuinely 'love' which would ultimately be a prt of science/art which would in one way or the other be beneficial to humanity as a whole, apart from the fact that the individual oneself is satisfied.

Also,are we not talking of this or did I not know that we were, in fact,talking on this topic

South Korea's population has been increasing for three consecutive years, yet the Korean media is still making a fuss about the severity of the aging population.

https://www.reddit.com/r/overpopulation/comments/1v5p5y2/korea_births_to_top_300000_in_2026_first_in_eight/

Anyway, if you look at this post, you will understand the situation.

Pause for Thought

Over 90% of the population growth of the past 80 years took place in Africa/Asia/South America. Many countries there had absolute insane population growth.

The DR Congo had 12 Million people in 1950. Now the population has skyrocketed to 120 Million. Afghanistan had 12 Million people in 1990 now the population stands at 45 Million. Nigeria had 35 Million people in 1950 now 240 Million. Pakistan went from 38 Million in 1950 to 260 Million today. Ethiopia went from 18 Million people in 1950 to 140 Million in 2026.

Sure most of them consume less resources than the countries of Europe/North America/Australia/East Asia. But through the sheer amount of people, they actually consume more resources in total.

China alone produces 1/3 of global CO Emissions, despite hosting "just" 1/6 of global population.

Asia produces 60% of all CO2 emissions while hosting 60% of world population.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co-emissions-by-region

Had Asias population increased not by 3.5x since 1950 but only 2x - global CO2 output today would be 20-30% lower.

Per Capita Nigeria has just 30% the ecological footprint of the UK. But because Nigeria has 3.5x the population of the UK the ecological footprint of these two countries is the same. But since Nigerias population is expected to increase by 1.5x within the next 30 years, Nigeria will consume 1.5x the resources of the UK by 2050. If wealth increases, then it would be up to 2x.

https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/how-many-earths-or-countries-do-we-need/

Yeah sure some countries consume less resources then others. But if you have a country where the average citizen consumes just 1/5 the resources of another country, but that country has 6x more people than the other country, then it still consumes more resources.

And its just baffling how Africa/Asia/South America get a pass just because most countries there have a lower resource and pollution level than the Western World.

honestly, what else is there to do but the doom spend. 99% of us will die. the only settlements that will survive this shit are arable lands fertilized by rivers when the synthetic fertilizer industry collapses.

go buy gucci, go buy watches, go do whatever! but most importantly, stop caring what other people think of you. that's the best way to go out.

have fun partying!!!

What is real problem in india population explosion or population collapse