The rise in population in developing nations is slowing, and at a much faster rate than in developed nations.

Most projections have global population plateauing in the 2090-2100 timeframe although the recent record fertility decreases in Asia and Africa may pull that forward a couple of years or decades.

And this is where the education of women comes into play, providing even subsistence-level populations with birth control options. No parent wants to bring children into this world that they cannot effectively support, and no woman wants to be a brood mare.

Limited programs in Africa and Asia has shown this to be a wild success in slowing population growth, it just lacks widespread public funding and political will, as well as stable countries that aren’t having civil wars or genocidal religious purges.