Pretty much. Prosperity causes negative population trending. Not all the billions spent on population control has worked, either way. China has not been able to curb population growth, except amongst its urban middle- and upper-class. The rural poor still have lots of kids. Japan, on the other hand, can't force its people to have more kids than they already have.
The one question is: Where will we find the money to raise the standard of living of these people?
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