A less crowded planet

Give it another century of gentle decline, and we could hope for a global population of four or five billion by 2200, which would make the task of dealing with the long-term impacts of climate change a lot easier.

Almost all countries where birth rates are far below replacement level, but where population growth will hold steady or even grow somewhat, have a well-established tradition of accepting immigrants from other continents and cultures, and they’re prosperous enough to be attractive to immigrants.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY Gwynne Dyer

July 20, 2020

LONDON, U.K.—If you wanted evidence that reasonably competent government—not great, not corruption-free, just not awful—produces good results in the end, here it is. Back in 1971, when the two countries split apart, Banglade...

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