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.8 birth rate is going to be a huge problem for South Korea in a few years. The rest are just "oh no, capitalism's infinite growth will be finite after all"
Lower birthrates are less an issue that people think.
For any living being self replication can explode incredibly fast, and it's usually the case when numbers dwindle, due more resources available per person.
Big birth numbers are more worrying and limited resources lead to fast "too little resources for everyone" situation.
I remember reading that part of what took Europe our of the dark ages after the black plague was that survivors thrived in an post plague environment. Also remember reading that dutch population growth actually taller because after so many people died survivors got more meat and food in general available to them, so their children grew a lot.
So in general I'm always more worry about high birthrates than low birthrates.
This was true back when the economy was vague and vibes based and people kind of just died and it was ok. But now we have pensions, and it's considered unacceptable for people to starve to death and economies to collapse, so an upside down pyramid starts to get wobbly rather than "self-resolving".