One web search result directly links the adoption of the SDGs to the 'Limits to Growth' report from the Club of Rome following the collapse of the USSR. While other sources confirm the SDGs were adopted by the UN in 2015, they do not corroborate the specific causal link described in the claim. Therefore, it cannot be marked 'corroborated'.

One web search result makes the specific claim that the promotion of reducing the human footprint involved presenting population growth in the Global South as a 'demographic explosion' and recommending population control. Other sources discuss the SDGs' aims but do not corroborate this specific, critical framing regarding population control.

While the claim discusses philosophical implications (individualism vs. collectivism) related to HDI, the provided evidence only defines the HDI components (income, life expectancy, education) and does not contain any source material that analyzes or confirms the philosophical implication that the methodology implies society is secondary to the rational individual.

The web search results discuss Western values diverging and modernization theories, which relates to the claim's theme. However, none of the provided search snippets contain the specific, comprehensive narrative linking 'individualistic and consumerist values' *directly* to 'dramatic decline in birth rates, leading to population shrinkage and aging' as a single, verifiable statement across multiple sources.

One web search result states that the US population growth was 'primarily driven by immigration' in a recent period. While other sources confirm the US population data is tracked, they do not corroborate the specific claim that the US is *currently* the third most populous country, nor do they confirm the immigration driver as the primary cause for the current period.