Why humanity will shrink far sooner than we thought

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Advertising sponsor: Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code moneymacro at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/moneymacro If you appreciate the research, consider buying me a 'coffee' at https://ko-fi.com/moneymacro or supporting long-term for membership benefits via: https://www.patreon.com/moneymacro WANT AN IN-DEPTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY MASTERCLASS? △ https://school.moneymacro.net/p/industrial-policy-masterclass LIKE CHATTING ECON WITH ME? △ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joerischasfoort △ Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeri-schasfoort/ △ I have a private Discord server for Senior and Chief economist Patrons / members. SOURCES: I've linked my sources in the blog that goes along with this video. Links are in the text. https://www.moneymacro.rocks/2025-11-30-fertility/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Are UN estimates correct? 03:38 Can China’s births be trusted? 05:43 Sponsor 07:16 UN too optimistic? 10:36 What does this mean for the global economy Attribution: Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Stock footage and others clips by Getty Written by Alejandro Iribas De La Puerta and Dr. Joeri Schasfoort Edited by Natalia Karpacz