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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by wolverine876 on Saturday September 30, 2023 @09:57PM (#37721829)
Who exactly? Where? Can you show a correlation between the geography (where? from Iran and Egypt?) and birth rate? Religion and birth rate?

Vague, non-specific, evidence-free comments in highly sensitive areas lead to all sorts of bad stuff.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by csomar on Saturday September 30, 2023 @11:19PM (#37722215)
Both Egypt and Iran have relatively high birth rate. Especially when you consider the difficult geography they live in.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by langitbiru on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:54AM (#37723404)
Yes, Egypt has a high fertility rate, 2.9. But Iran does not. It only has 1.6. For comparison, Japan has 1.26.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by abenga on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:30AM (#37723594)
True. Rich and stable ME states (UAE, …) have very low birth rates. The ones that have undergone turmoil like Yemen have higher birthrates.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by logicchains on Sunday October 01, 2023 @11:32AM (#37726862)
Saudi Arabia has a birthrate of around 2.5, and it's quite stable.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by shmde on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:16AM (#37723525)
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Their growth rate is more than Christianity and Hinduism combined.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/04/06/why-musli...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by wolverine876 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @12:46PM (#37727819)
Great! I want to be clear: Good for anyone who is free to practice their chosen religion, whatever it is.

However, that's not really a correlation, which is important: For example, I'd guess that people who are Muslim (an incredibly large, diverse set of people) on average buy fewer winter coats than people who are Shinto. That tells us nothing about the religion of Islam, other than some geography.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by bluecheese452 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:24PM (#37732915)
Great if they are actually free to practice. Apostasy is a crime in many of these countries.
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