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| ▲ | Qem 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| What is worrisome it's not the instant figures. It's the trend. |
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| ▲ | cael450 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Yeah, it is very weird to me too. It's only a problem in a handful of countries that have really, really low birthrates and can't/won't attract immigrants. |
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| ▲ | danielvf 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | In 2024, 171 countries had birth rates below replacement rates. That's gotten worse since then. 70% of people live in countries with birth rates below replacement rates. So not just a handful of countries. | | |
| ▲ | ballmerpoint an hour ago | parent [-] | | It’s a handful of countries that have 1) “really, really low birthrates,” i.e., not just below replacement but very below replacement AND 2) do not have relatively permissive immigration policies. That most countries are 3) below replacement rate by some amount is a separate third thing. |
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| ▲ | 41353aab an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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| ▲ | flerchin 25 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The rates are declining everywhere, although still positive. |
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| ▲ | ido 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > very little reason for reproducing above replacement rate. But reproduction is below replacement rate. |
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| ▲ | swiftcoder an hour ago | parent [-] | | And? It's only a few years since folks were deeply worried about overpopulation, and whether the earth could support 10 billion people... | | |
| ▲ | stavros 22 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Yeah, I don't understand how we can be worried about both things at the same time. In my view, it's good that reproduction is below replacement. Yeah, pensions won't be great, but at least we won't spread like a cancer onto a strained planet. |
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| ▲ | clarionbell an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Are Ireland and India considered affluent now? |
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| ▲ | swiftcoder an hour ago | parent [-] | | > Is Ireland considered affluent now? Ireland is the richest country in Europe by GDP-per-capita[1] (apart a few uber-rich city states). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu... > India... India has been struggling to get its population growth control under control for decades. I think we can excuse a brief overcorrection as they stabilise. | | |
| ▲ | jacquesm 43 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Ireland's figures are wildly unbalanced compared to other EU countries because so many companies decided to formally register their headquarters there. They don't pay as much tax as they should so the income stats are way up there but the positive effects are not as you might expect from that (if they weren't actually negative). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Sandwich This is now mostly a thing of the past but there are still lingering after-effects. | | |
| ▲ | Supernaut 25 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > They don't pay as much tax as they should so the income stats are way up What do you mean by "the income stats are way up"? |
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