Amount Quote by David Attenborough

“There is no country in the world that has a higher birth rate than it had in 1960, and in the less developed world…

— Matt Ridley

Yes, population is a huge problem - birth rates are too high. And in order to take care of the environment, we have to…

— Paul Hawken

“In 1800 the United States had a birth rate higher than any ever recorded for a European country, but it fell steeply and consistently…

— Richard White

If fertility drops much below 2.1 babies per woman, the population will shrink unless it is offset by higher immigration. For this reason, a…

— Greg Ip

I meet so many that think population growth is a major problem in regard to climate change. But the number of children born per…

— Hans Rosling

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford…

— Germaine Greer

Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the…

— Donella Meadows

This seems counterintuitive, but turns out that as infant mortality is reduced, population sizes also decrease, because parents don't need to anticipate that their…

— Jane Chen

You'll discover in countries where women have control over their own bodies, where they have education, where they have birth control, where they have…

— David Attenborough

You have a huge demographic shift that's happening in America. Globally.

— Troy Carter

Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone…

— Indira Gandhi

By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.

— Bill Gates