Tech billionaire Elon Musk has once again raised alarm over what he perceives as humanity’s gravest existential threat: a collapsing global population due to declining birth rates.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Tesla and SpaceX CEO urged parents to have at least three children, warning that anything less could lead to the collapse of civilisation as we know it.
Musk’s comment was in response to a user who had cited a May report published by Fortune, which stated that the average woman would need to have 2.7 children to maintain population stability.
The user, referencing Musk’s longstanding concerns, wrote, “If things continue as they are, humans have their days numbered.”
Musk reposted the message and added, “People who have kids do need to have 3 kids to make up for those who have 0 or 1 kid or population will collapse.”
He explained that the replacement rate must be offset by those who remain childless, which requires a higher average among parents.
