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by Thorrez 658 days ago
>population that is to this date increasing

Yes, but it will peak then fall[1]. The number of babies born per year has already peaked and is falling[2].

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/un-population-2024-revision

[2] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-births-per-year

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it's entirely possible humanity will not stay in that regime forever and grow exponentially again