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It wasn't me that was correct in saying that about the population fitting in a nursing home. It was in the article.


I heard somewhere that the population was projected to be 9 billion in 2050. That's somewhat consistent with your 8 B in 2035.


A friend who specializes in macroeconomics, said that the growth of the US economy is dependent on an increasing population growth. A stable population size would lead to a higher skewing toward the percentage of older people. This will place an even higher burden on workers supporting non-workers. It's hard to predict how that can happen without a new paradigm of economics of the US.


If the population decreases, there are even fewer children.  A lot of the people alive will be angry geezers and geezerettes.


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