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Spitfire75 · 4358 days ago · link · · parent · post: Future Timeline - A speculative timeline of future history.
What you're describing is stage 5 of the demographic transition model, where reproduction rates decline as the standard of living increases. There's actually some evidence of a stage 6, where reproduction rates start to increase again in some advanced countries (but not Japan).