Between the one-child policy, the effects of Chinese-scale pollution on human fertility, the general breakdown of public health financing, and the effects of collapse of regulation of the food, beverage and drug industries on human fertility (add toxic waste to the food supply),
I expect overall Chinese fertility to drop in the very near future to South Korea’s or worse (i.e., under 1.0), China’s population growth to cease, its population average age to soar much, much faster than expected, and then its population to crash.
Demographic projections even absent all this indicate that American’s population growth in absolute numbers will exceed China’s in no more than 20-30 years.
Interesting comments about birth rates. Yes, as their society becomes more and more expensive too, will birth rates decline. BMW’s are much more fun than babies to most people...
I got 4 kids, and boy am I “rich”. I hate poeple that put wealth over having a family.