https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/03/17/borenstein-californias-population-boom-is-over-plan-accordingly/ > California’s years of major population growth have ended, and a state forecast suggests that the numbers might peak by as early as 2030 and then start to decline. > At the turn of the century, when the population was about 34 million, state forecasters were predicting 45 million by 2020 and 59 million by 2040. That isn’t happening.