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To: Troll_House_Cookies
Eventually the more populated countries will slow down and the ratios will be more static

China's fertility rate is 1.77 children per woman, while India's is 2.76 (and plunging).

This demographic decline is happening everywhere in the world where living standards are increasing. The poorer the country, the higher the fertility rate.

72 posted on 01/27/2009 1:21:19 PM PST by Citizen Blade ("A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy" -Benjamin Disraeli)
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To: Citizen Blade

Yep. The demographic transition is a natural result of social and economic success. Complaints about it are just the usual whines that spew from elitists when people insist on doing what they think is best rather than doing what the elitists think is best for them.


76 posted on 01/27/2009 1:27:17 PM PST by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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