# Nicholas Eberstadt Back to [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/People/People|Lomborg People]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/BjornLomborg-x-profile|@BjornLomborg]] · Topic: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]] **Role:** Demographer; Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute - Author of the AEI commentary [China's Coming Population Crash Scrambles the Global Balance of Power](https://www.aei.org/commentary/chinas-coming-population-crash-scrambles-the-global-balance-of-power/) that Lomborg quoted on Mar 24, 2026. - The post copies Eberstadt's lines on 2025 births falling to **7.92 million** and on **43 future daughters and 18 future granddaughters** per 100 women of childbearing age if that year's schedule persisted. - See the [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on China Births Below 8 Million (2026-03-24)|China-births analysis]]. Longer treatment: Eberstadt's 2026 AEI report *The Incredible Global Birth Crash*.