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comment by Spitfire75
Spitfire75  ·  4350 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Future Timeline - A speculative timeline of future history.

What you're describing is stage 5 of the demographic transition model, where reproduction rates decline as the standard of living increases. There's actually some evidence of a stage 6, where reproduction rates start to increase again in some advanced countries (but not Japan).