c/globalnews · by lemmee_in@lemm.ee · 1y

Japan's births likely to fall under 700,000 for 1st time in 2024

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/861595e3636d-update1-japans-births-likely-to-fall-under-700000-for-1st-time-in-2024.html

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fubarx@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 1y

And they STILL won't let immigrants get full citizanship rights. Guess the birth-rate hasn't gone low enough.

OBXDadLife@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 1y (3 replies)

The global population decline is starting. The human race is nearing the end.

arin@lemmynsfw.com · 9 pts · 1y

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/ not even plateaued yet

Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Nah, not for another 55ish years.

Greg@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

If women had on average 1.5 children it would still take about 1000 years before the population was reduced to just a million humans (the number of humans around 10,000BCE). We're not going anywhere soon.