-Image generated by Bing AI According to the UN, every reduction in family size improves prospects for children, their families and the future . Every second family having just one child less means one billion fewer people by 2050 and 3.5 billion fewer people on the planet by the end of the century which will considerably reduce the impact on our already strained environment, though this also depends on how much they consume. An African child for example, has been estimated to consume twenty times less than a European or American child given differences in consumption, energy use and overall lifestyle. Although the negative stories about India and China’s efforts to stem population growth have dominated the headlines, many countries have quietly reduced theirs without trauma or coercion . They include Thailand, Costa Rica, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Colombia and South Korea. South Korea for example, which had a had a birthrate of 5.99 children per mother [called Total Fertility Rate (T...
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