Fertility Rates and Population Projections

Fertility Rates and Population Projections examines the state of World Demographics. It is of interest to people from different backgrounds who study the several demographics of race, religion, economically developed and underdeveloped countries and various other categories. One should note that, contrary to alarmists, a large population by itself is not bad if people are civilized and educated. For Christians examining the state of World Demographics, the rate of Christian Population Growth and the future of World Religions enters into the picture. As Atheists have low birth rates, it is projected Atheism could well end up aborting itself out of existence.

Introduction: Atheism is in Global Decline and may well Abort itself out of existence by 2050

First, we note that, contrary to political propaganda by mostly western Liberal Atheists, Atheists and the unaffiliated are shrinking globally: "A 2015 Pew Research study also predicts the number of unaffiliated will shrink in terms of the share of global population.

According to the Gordon-Conwell report, there are fewer atheists around the world today (147 million) than in 1970 (165 million), with the number expected to continue declining through 2050."

Next, Christians and Muslims are growing universally: "What's more, each Muslim woman has an average of 3.1 children, while the average for Christian women is 2.7.

The Pew research revealed two other interesting shifts in world religious perspectives, Cooperman says. Atheists, agnostics and those who do not affiliate with religion will make up a smaller percentage of the world's total population by 2050 — even though the group is growing in the U.S. and Europe. The decline is primarily because those who are unaffiliated religiously have low fertility rates, with women bearing an average of 1.7 children in their lifetime."

World Fertility Patterns

In 2015, the UN Reported: "Africa remains the region with the highest fertility at 4.7 children per woman. Europe has the lowest fertility of 1.6 children per woman. Both Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean have total fertility of 2.2 chil- dren per woman, closely followed by Oceania with 2.4 children per woman."

When the World will reach 10 BN people

"The UN predicts that the world population will reach 10 billion people in 2057 . At this time, India will be the most populous country with almost 1.7 billion inhabitants followed by China with 1.35 billion, and Nigeria with 454 million."

The Billion Milestones

"World Population milestones in billions

The billion milestones are:

1 billion: 1804 2 billion: 1927 3 billion: 1960 4 billion: 1974 5 billion: 1987 6 billion: 1999 7 billion: 2011 8 billion: 2023 (estimated)[now actual] 9 billion: 2037 (estimated) 10 billion: 2057 (estimated)"