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Monday, 8 September 2025

Overpopulation myth: Propaganda is the reason for the sharp population declines facing most developed nations

 The Earth is expected to reach “peak population” before the end of this century, with most developed nations facing sharp population declines and ageing populations.

The reason for this decline is attributed to the fear of overpopulation, which was perpetuated by thinkers like Paul Ehrlich and led to the implementation of draconian family planning measures, including coercive sterilisations and abortions.

Many countries, including Japan, South Korea and Italy, are already experiencing population decline, and the world population is expected to peak between 2060 and 2080, followed by a decline, with significant consequences for the global economy and society.

The world is not overpopulated, AEIR explains. If the entire world’s population moved to Texas, the population density would be a little more than New York, much less than Paris and dramatically less than Manila.

Earth is going to hit “peak population” before the end of this century. Within 25 years, most of the world’s developed nations will be facing sharp population declines, with shrinking pools of young people working to support an ever-ageing population.

The reason is not famine, war or pestilence. We did this to ourselves by creating a set of draconian solutions to a problem that didn’t even exist. Fear has always been the best tool for social control, and the fear of humanity was deployed by generations of “thinkers” on the control-obsessed left....<<<Read More>>>...