The demographic crisis of our time
Аbstract. Today, the question of the demography of the Earth is increasingly being raised. Its essence lies in the rapid and uneven growth of the world's population. This is often associated with an increase in living standards since the second half of the twentieth century. Thanks to economic growth and accelerated capitalization, a large number of jobs have appeared on the labor market. Incomes of the population grew in parallel with the need to create a family The intensity of the demographic problem as a global one is determined by environmental reasons: the current volume of the world's population is more than 10 times higher than the population limit that the planet can withstand. The density and population growth outstrip the capabilities and technologies of agricultural production to meet the growing needs for food, as well as the restructuring to a more intensive management system. According to the calculations of specialists and experts from the World Bank, the world's population will be approximately 10-11 billion, but no more than 14.5 billion people by 2045, after which it will stabilize within these limits and will not grow further. In other words, if the forecasts and calculations of experts and specialists turn out to be correct, around this time there will be a global change in the birth rate or a great demographic shift.