The alleged error on Erlich's part is a false charge. Between 1965 and 1985 the global fertility rate nearly halved from over 6 to 4 (a fertility rate of 2.1 would represent stable population; two children to replace two adults while accounting for infant mortality). There were many proactive programs targeted specifically to achieve lower fertility rates and becasue of the decline in fertility rates, the population did not explode as pre-1965 fertility rates would have predicted.
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