eli5 Why is population growth not going out of control?

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Why are populations just growing by 1-2% in some nations?
Shouldn’t it grow far quicker if the average couple has 2/3 kids? Removing 25% from those who don’t want kids.
Should people “nearly double”?

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If the population is 2, and those 2 people get together and have 2 kids, now there are 4 people. Then the first 2 people die, and the population is back to 2. You’ve only doubled the population temporarily.

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