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Podcast: Is There a Population Crisis?

The Editors· 16 octobre 2026

This week on the show, our hosts talk to Michael Geruso, an associate professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin, and Jennifer Dowd, a professor of demography and population health at the University of Oxford, about population trends and fertility rates.

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Global population trends

The podcast Is There a Population Crisis? explores current trends in global population growth, highlighting that the world population reached 8 billion in 2021 and continues to grow, though at a slower pace than in previous decades.

The United Nations projects that the global population could peak around 2080 at approximately 10.4 billion people before potentially declining.

This shift reflects declining fertility rates worldwide, influenced by factors such as improved access to education, healthcare, and family planning.

For example, the global fertility rate has dropped from 5 children per woman in the 1950s to about 2.3 children per woman today.

The podcast discusses how these trends vary significantly by region, with some countries experiencing rapid growth while others face stagnation or decline.

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