Liberal Larry, that entry on google that you referred to is a massive CIA report. Specifically what part are you referring to? I glanced at it and found this quote:
“The world in 2015 will be populated by some 7.2 billion people, up from 6.1 billion in the year 2000. The rate of world population growth, however, will have diminished from 1.7 percent annually in 1985, to 1.3 percent today, to approximately 1 percent in 2015”
Secondly you claim “I said I don’t believe the demographers because what they are claiming contradicts what I see and what my friends see...in California and many other places.” Anecdotal evidence is exactly that - and does not trump actual CIA, UN, or Census Bureau projections.
It all says the same thing: recent drops in fertility levels do not free us from Malthusian nightmares.
As for the value of "anecdotal" evidence: neglect your personal observations at your own peril. If they contradict what others are telling you then there are serious problems somewhere...and actually some of the supposed contradictions do not exist. The CIA report "Global Trends 2015" specifically cites California as one of the places where overpopulation is a real problem.