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Originally Posted by Arragonis
Solve those issues and the rate of population growth slows to become low enough to be sustainable.
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Not so. ANY amount of population growth is unsustainable, because the current population is already roughly 10 times what is sustainable.
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The problems with population in the first world are overwhelmingly due to an ageing population...
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Again no. This is just the result of cultural stereotypes that label people as "old" when they hit 65 or so, and convince most of them that they ought to retire and live on a pension.
Just for an example, I have two neighbors. Looking at them, you'd say they're about the same age & general health. One retired at age 65 a couple of years ago, and spends his time watching TV & drinking beer. The other was still working part-time up to a couple of years ago (and may still be) as a mining geologist, and still does gardening & yard work at 97.