Posted on 01/20/2023 9:31:04 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
With low fertility, higher mortality, population aging and rising illegal immigration, it’s time for America to pay the demographic piper.
The U.S. fertility rate is now well below the replacement level of about two births per woman. The country’s fertility rate in 2021 was 1.66 births per woman or less than half the peak rate of 3.7 births per woman in the late 1950s.
America’s fertility rate has been generally below the replacement level since 1971 and consistently less than the replacement level for more than a decade. Population projections do not envisage the country returning to the replacement level any time soon.
In addition, after years of gains, life expectancy in the U.S. dropped for the second year in a row in 2021.
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Once again, you hit the nail on the head. Thank you very much :-)
It really was a gradual descent, and that goes for all other Western countries as well (as far as I can see). Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re all in this mess together :-(
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