A world running out of people, pretending it isn’t, and shouting “invasion” at shadows
The great global population reversal is no longer a forecast; it’s a lived condition.
Fertility collapse has swept across Europe, East Asia, and the Americas. Even India — the last great demographic titan — is quietly slipping below replacement in state after state. Mexico, once the perennial source of North American labour, is now entering its own decline. And China, which spent decades lecturing the world about discipline and planning, is now staring at a demographic cliff so steep it makes the Himalayas look like a curb.