To remind us of the obvious, "fertility does not equal birth rate": The Astounding Drop in Global Fertility Rates Between 1970 And 2014 https://brilliantmaps.com/fertility-rates/ Fertility Rate By Country 2019 http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/total-fertility-rate/ Fertility is decreasing, due to environmental (/biological) factors and social factors. Sad stories of older ("middle aged") women going through massive journeys at their local fertility clinic, just to have a first or second child: 44-Year-Old Gives Birth, Urges Younger Women: “Please Don’t Wait. Don’t Go Through What I Did.” https://dailystormer.name/44-year-old-slut-gives-birth-urges-younger-women-p... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6585001/Why-no-woman-wait-40s-bab... … But the past five years of my life have been lost to a horrible rollercoaster of desperate longing, dashed hopes, miscarriage, fertility drugs and pain – both physical and emotional. The Age Your Fertility Really Begins To Decline https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/age-female-fertility-declines_n_4817... … the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists emphasized that women's ability to have babies declines gradually "but significantly" beginning around age 32, then more rapidly after age 37 … the new opinion is backed by studies looking at natural fertility within the population, as well as results from hundreds of fertility clinics on thousands of cycles of in vitro fertilization. "I would say it's based on very, very sound evidence," The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/30/the-u-s-fer... https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=why%20is%20fertility%20decreasing Those who do NOT hate themselves still want a future for why-people. Create your world,