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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility#/med...
If fertility is below 2.1 it's below replacement.
There are not many rich countries with replacement level fertility rates.
Japan's population is decreasing at ~300K a year because they don't allow much immigration. As countries become rich people leave in lower numbers.
There are quite a few countries in the world that are already experiencing population decline :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_decline
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility#/med...
If fertility is below 2.1 it's below replacement.
There are not many rich countries with replacement level fertility rates.
Japan's population is decreasing at ~300K a year because they don't allow much immigration. As countries become rich people leave in lower numbers.
There are quite a few countries in the world that are already experiencing population decline :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_decline