“New estimates suggest will peak at around 9.7 billion
by the60s and start declining sharply from there.”Coin Bureau, relaying another source: GDP will fall
Said on Aug 12, 2025, at 1:45 in the video.
The window it was checked over
Real GDP: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED, figures as first published. The shaded span is the window the call was checked over; grey bands are recessions.
Result at every window
All windows are shown, so none is pickedSomebody else's forecast — not scored
What was said around it
resources stretched to breaking point. Well, as it turns out, those fears missed something critical. The real crisis facing humanity isn't endless growth. It's the exact opposite. Populations around the globe are shrinking faster than most of us realize and the data paints a startling picture. According to projections from institutions like the European Commission and renowned medical journals like the Lancet, the global population is set to peak sooner and lower than previously thought. Forget reaching 12 billion people by 2100. New estimates suggest will peak at around 9.7 billion by the60s and start declining sharply from there. And that might sound surprising until you consider what's already happening on the ground. Japan has been the proverbial canary in the coal mine, experiencing a decline in population for decades. Birth rates in places like South Korea are also shockingly low, currently standing at around 0.72 births per woman. Italy, Spain, and other European countries aren't far behind with fertility rates consistently below 1.4. Even China, which until recently was the world's most populous country, is now shrinking. Now, for context, the
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