I’ve been witnessing just this the last 20 years or so. Small niches of families with 4-6 kids, whose grandkids will outnumber large numbers of their contemporaries grand kids. It gives me hope.

going growing "World population has doubled (100% increase) in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion). It is now estimated that it will increase by 50% in the subsequent 40 years, to reach 9 billion by 2037."

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World Population Clock: 8.3 Billion People (LIVE, 2025) - Worldometer

How many people are there in the world? World population has reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022 according to the United Nations. World populati...