Some facts about birth rates I didn’t know
Mexico has a lower birth rate than the US
More people were born in Congo than the entire EU in 2025
The lowest birth rates in the US are among African Americans, and non-hispanic white children are growing significantly as a fraction of all children in US cities
Currently, there are a little over 400k amish in the world, and South Korea has a population of 51 million. If you are younger than 40, there’s a good chance you will be alive the year when more amish children are born into the world than South Koreans.
More children will be born in Afghanistan than China every year, within less than 30 years.
Thailand is currently the 23rd most populous country in the world, with a little under 66 million people. If trends continue, in 200 years Thailand will have a population of around 2 million, smaller than the Cleveland metropolitan area.
Japan is currently 98% ethnically japanese. If they try to maintain population levels with immigration, they will, in 200 years, be 95% ethnically non-japanese, and 5% japanese.
Japan is actually not that bad, relatively speaking. Compared to other east asian nations they are doing great.