By the year 2100, Which Country Will be the World's Number 1 Superpower?

[Crumpets]

The US is in a very good position for at least a couple of decades - almost certainly better than the EU and China, given the respective birthrates. India is a bit more of a wildcard, and could probably be a true superpower in a couple of decades, but I doubt they would be able to replace the US as #1.

[Crumpets]

I'm really surprised this pro-high birthrate propaganda has caught on so heavily.

You would think educated millennials in their 20s would be able to look at the Facebook profiles of their high school friends and immediately tell that having kids does not equal economic success.

Of course it doesn't, and too high of birth rates can be terrible for a country, especially if it comes from a lack of access to healthcare and family planning. But having a fertility rate of 2.01 (US) is at least marginally better than having one of 1.60 (EU) in order to not have an aging population, and to be able to pay for the social programs that keep countries healthy with a high workforce:retired ratio.