Pretty ignorant take. India's birthrate was high in the 1900s which makes sense since the whole country was primarily an agrarian society which was also heavily exploited and in extreme poverty. Their birthrate right now is infact slightly below replacement level, which is the optimal rate for economic growth considering their young population.
The only long term contributer left to world population growth is sub-saharan Africa. Every other continent is staying primarily the same, or even expected to fall, in population by 2100
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Pretty ignorant take. India's birthrate was high in the 1900s which makes sense since the whole country was primarily an agrarian society which was also heavily exploited and in extreme poverty. Their birthrate right now is infact slightly below replacement level, which is the optimal rate for economic growth considering their young population.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/272789/world-population-by-continent/
The only long term contributer left to world population growth is sub-saharan Africa. Every other continent is staying primarily the same, or even expected to fall, in population by 2100