According to this article population declines should not be looked down upon, but they should be celebrated. The World’s total fertility rate is 2.4 and the article noted that some countries have lower TFR and some are far higher. “This idea that you need lots and lots of people to defend your country and to grow your country economically, that is really old thinking,” says Sarah Harper, former director of the Royal Institution and an expert on population change. According to Harper our thinking is old and with the flowing population whether it be up or down we need to not make sudden changes to it. Sudden changes being things like China’s one-child population and other reproduction restrictions. From an environmental standpoint the article says that the less children that families have, the lower their carbon footprint have been. According to Harper, we are okay and with good health, “infant mortality falls, and women find themselves raising larger families. “This is a natural process,”  

At first sight this may be alarming, but it gets more reasonable. Countries are often very alarmed by population increase and decrease. Things like this have happened forever, we just pay more attention now because we have the technology to do so. Roles in the world have changed, but the world as a whole is slowly adapting to everything. While population changes are scary and some countries need serious guidance when it comes to health and reproduction, I do believe it will all get better with time.

Davis, N. (2018, December 26). Falling total fertility rate should be welcomed, population expert says. Retrieved February 22, 2019, from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/26/falling-total-fertility-rate-should-be-welcomed-population-expert-says