The rise in population in developing nations is slowing, and at a much faster rate than in developed nations.
Most projections have global population plateauing in the 2090-2100 timeframe although the recent record fertility decreases in Asia and Africa may pull that forward a couple of years or decades.
And this is where the education of women comes into play, providing even subsistence-level populations with birth control options. No parent wants to bring children into this world that they cannot effectively support, and no woman wants to be a brood mare.
Limited programs in Africa and Asia has shown this to be a wild success in slowing population growth, it just lacks widespread public funding and political will, as well as stable countries that aren’t having civil wars or genocidal religious purges.
Most projections have global population plateauing in the 2090-2100 timeframe although the recent record fertility decreases in Asia and Africa may pull that forward a couple of years or decades.