A billion people would be plenty to sustain civilisation … — Crooked Timber

A billion people would be plenty to sustain civilisation … — Crooked Timber

… as long as they are healthy, well fed and well educated Much of the panic about falling birth rates can be dispelled once we realise that (barring catastrophe) there will almost certainly be more people alive in 2100 than there were in 2000. But what about the distant future? Dean Spears, co-author of After the Spike has kindly provided me with projections showing that with likely declines in fertility the world population will decline by half…