https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2023/jan/birth-rates-death-rates-worl… Created Tue, 31/01/2023 - 21:30 Updated Tue, 31/01/2023 - 21:30 Popular discussion about controlling global population growth tended to focus on the birth rate. But the death rate also is a powerful variable in the world’s population dynamics.