[mdeeks]

In some places, yes. South Korea is expected to shrink by 15M in the next 50 years, and to cut in half by 2100. Even with immediate drastic improvements in birth rate, it is expected to shrink significantly.

[cosmicgadget]

Don't populations typically oscillate sinusoidally?

[msgodel]

Yes but the peaks of those oscillations can be extremely unpleasant.

Like everyone suddenly gets raped/killed while all the buildings are burnt down kinds of unpleasant.

[cryptonector]

What's that got to do with whether such steep declines are desirable?