Re:Asia’s advanced economies now have lower birth rates than...
by tsimionescu on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:24AM
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This is like the old saying - statisticians will happily tell you how long your nails will be 40 years from now (with the mild assumption that you won't cut them).
A country of 100M people will change its birth patterns long long long before it "disappears".
Re:Asia’s advanced economies now have lower birth rates than...
by bigDinosaur on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:13AM
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There are probably subgroups of Japanese people with birth rates higher than replacement. There may also be major advantages to having a child in 2100 that are not evident now (vast tracts of unclaimed land to exploit?).
Re:Asia’s advanced economies now have lower birth rates than...
by quacked on Sunday December 11, 2022 @09:15AM
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The only way populations go to zero is in a Children of Men situation, if the city dwelling populations all choose not to reproduce eventually the country will have a lower population by be more comprised of religious cults with high reproduction rates
Had a nice population bulge initially.