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party_animal07 posted...

Am I wrong in thinking this is only a problem in first world nations?

yes you are incorrect

https://www.reuters.com/world/global-fertility-rates-decline-shifting-population-burden-low-income-countries-2024-03-20/

The study reported in The Lancet projects 155 of 204 countries and territories worldwide, or 76%, will have fertility rates below population replacement levels by 2050. By 2100, that is expected to rise to 198, or 97%, researchers estimated.

However

Over three-quarters of live births will occur in low- and lower-middle-income countries by the end of the century, with more than half taking place in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers said.
The global fertility rate - the average number of births per woman - has fallen from around 5 children in 1950 to 2.2 in 2021, data show.

but they are still declining as well