Elon Musk Reveals His Two Deepest Worries About Why 'Humanity Is Dying'

Elon Musk has a lot to worry about. He has 13 children. He is the CEO and founder of numerous companies, most famously of course SpaceX and Tesla. He just helped rescue two astronauts from the International Space Station.

Meanwhile he’s head honcho at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and is in charge of trimming the fat and fraud from the bloated, behemoth federal government.

Whoa. That’s a lot. Even with all that to think about, however, Musk has two worries above all others, and the first one is the declining global birth rate:

"Well, there's a lot of things that I suppose that I worry about. And some of these things will seem esoteric to people. The birth rate is very low in almost every country, and unless that changes, civilization will disappear," Musk said in part two of his [Fox News] "Special Report" exclusive interview Friday.
Musk pointed to declining birth rates in the U.S. and Korea, warning that "nothing seems to be turning that around. Humanity is dying."

Elon Musk says the "very low" birth rate seen in almost every country deeply concerns him.

"Unless that changes, civilization will disappear."pic.twitter.com/0Ls9qwJLqt
— Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) March 28, 2025

America’s birth rate hit an all-time low in 2023:

The nation’s fertility rate has declined since 1957, when there were 122.9 births per 1,000 women ages 15–44. Data for 2023 puts the current fertility rate at less than half the 1957 rate, 54.5.

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But that’s not the only concern that keeps Musk up at night; he also worries that if America collapses, the whole of human society will probably follow suit:

After dishing out details about DOGE's cost-cutting mission, [host Bret] Baier took a more personal turn in his one-on-one with Musk Friday. In addition to his concern about declining birthrates, the Tesla founder also explained his worries for America's future.
"I worry generally about the strength of America. America is the central column that holds up all of Western civilization... If that column fails, it's all over. You can't run off to New Zealand or some other place. It's over. So either we strengthen that column and make sure America is strong, and we'll be strong for a long time, or that roof's coming down," he told Baier.

Musk and others have long warned that America’s $36 trillion debt could eventually cause our country to go bankrupt, with obvious seismic—catastrophic—results across the globe.

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Elon Musk: "I worry generally about the strength of America. America is the central column that holds up all of Western civilization. American is the central column, if that column fails, it's all over." pic.twitter.com/zMKStDFb2j
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) March 28, 2025

The world’s richest man said he remains optimistic about "the potential for a great future as long as America remains the land of freedom and opportunity," and he praised Donald Trump as the president we need to make sure that happens.

Musk is certainly an incredibly smart man, so when he speaks, I listen. I would argue that we won’t even need to worry about the birth rate if America collapses, but both of the problems he talks about are extremely serious. We need less fraud, deceit, and waste in our government—and more babies here at home.

The left hates Elon Musk precisely because he’s making progress.

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