There are only two ways to limit population growth. Genocide or prosperity. Starvation and disease actually drive birth rate higher.
Societies which are incapable of fostering prosperity quickly become hellholes. There are no easy answers until the people become capable of demanding a government that can support economic stability.
“Societies which are incapable of fostering prosperity quickly become hellholes.”
Very true: and these tend to be societies that have an average IQ of about 85. We aren’t going to change them, have no means to change them, no obligation to do so, and probably have no right to try. Their society needs to stay over there.