Musk is also worried about the human fertility rate during Christmas. Japan's population decreases by nearly one million every year

According to media reports, Recently, the world's richest man who is still celebrating Christmas is on Wednesday X The two tweets posted on the platform once again focused on the serious problems of decline.

Musk wrote in one of the tweets, Japan's population is currently down by nearly 1 million per year." In addition, he also quoted his subordinates AI Model GroK Q&A on this question.according to GroK The specific figure given is about 861,000 last year.

On the same day, Musk also wrote in another tweet in response to netizens Most countries are experiencing the lowest birth rate in history”. In this tweet, the netizen quoted data previously released by the National Center for Health Statistics. Data shows that the total birth population in the United States fell by 2% in 2023 to 3.59 million, the lowest level since 1979. The fertility rate of Americans has dropped by 3% from the previous year, reaching a historical low, which is the second consecutive year that the fertility rate has declined.

Musk agrees with netizens' comments.In fact, Musk's concerns about population issues have been long-standing.In February this year, Musk commented on changes in Japan's population data, saying that if the situation does not change, Japan will disappear.”

In October, when attending an event hosted by the Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund, he also said that the population size of low fertility areas such as South Korea and the EU will soon shrink.In many places, after three generations, the national population size will shrink to only 5% of the current one, which is a very serious problem.

Going back to 2021, Musk had published that population collapse may be the biggest risk to the future of human civilization.” It is worth mentioning that according to incomplete statistics, Musk currently has at least 11 children. Musk, who encourages childbirth, has said that the United Nations’ forecast for population growth is nonsense.”

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