The great population scare led to various birth-control efforts around the world, notably to the “one-child policy” instituted in China in 1979. Partly due to such efforts, as well as to a change in family values, the rate of growth of the world’s population, began a long decline, to 1.1% in 2005.
巨大的人口恐惧引发了全球内的各种生育控制措施，特别是中国在1979年确立了“独生子女政策”。部分由于这样的努力以及家庭观念的变化，世界人口的增长率开始了长期的下降趋势，到2005年只有1.1%。人口增长率逐渐下降导致对地球增长极限担忧的逐渐消除。商品价格也开始下跌。