THBT humans are not experiencing (nor under threat of) overpopulation

I shall begin with my opening arguments. Fertility Rate In order for a society, or culture to persist, the population would be required to replace itself with another generation of people. The ideal amount of children usually required for a stable population would be one child per person. That way, it would create an equilibrium between the population of the working generation and the population of the passing generation. However, since women are the only sex capable of bearing children. With that in mind, it would be required for each family to have 2 children, one replacing the father and the other replacing the mother. The fertility rate is a measure of the average amount of children a woman may have in a society. The fertility rate shows whether a population is growing or shrinking. The graph below shows the past, current and speculated fertility rates of China, India Europe and the US (Each of which are among the most densely populated regions in the world respectively) As seen in the graph above, most of these regions have a dropping fertility rate currently, and about " of these countries are speculated to have their fertility rates drop below. This is fails to take into account the mortality of each of the respective regions, a country with higher child mortality rates (such as India) would then need to increase the average amount of children in order for them to sustain their population. Resources A major component of a species" overpopulation is not only the actual increase in the population, but also the decrease in sustainable resources. A population is at risk of overpopulation when the resources required for sustainment are dwarfed by the species" fertility rate. During the Stone Ages, the average person required at least a square mile of land in order to sustain himself and/or his family. With the advent of agriculture, the average land required substantially decreased as agriculture allowed more food to be produced with less land required. With the domestication of animals shortly after agriculture, even less land was required for the average person to sustain themselves as hunting and gathering became obsolete. During this time, it was then possible for densely populated cities to exist (thus came early civilizations such as Sumer and Babylon) As agricultural technologies advance, more food can be grown on less land. Hence, more food becomes available. This is important because the absence or decline of resources is an inevitable side effect of overpopulation. The World Food Programme (WFP) has even gone as far to say "There is enough food in the world today for everyone to have the nourishment necessary for a healthy and productive life. " With modern agriculture, it is possible to grow crops in land that would have been deemed not arable even a few years previously. The resources required to sustain the population does not outweigh the world"s overall fertility rate. As mentioned in the first argument, the world fertility rate is actually dropping and not rising, unlike the increase in world resources. Therefore, the human population is not at risk of overpopulation. Sources: 1. 2. . http://data.worldbank.org... 3. . https://en.wikipedia.org... 4. . http://pop.org... 5. 6. . https://overpopulationisamyth.com...