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Yet, the opposite of falling demographics is a giant issue looming over Europe - because of the incredible high nativity of Africa and the waves of refugees to

Yet, the opposite of falling demographics is a giant issue looming over Europe - because of the incredible high nativity of Africa and the waves of refugees to Europe. "African mothers have an average of 5.2 children, rising to 7.6 in Niger, the country with the world's highest fertility rate that is close to five times the European average of 1.6 children born to each woman. The baby boom means that its current population of 1.1 billion will increase to at least 2.4 billion by the middle of the century, according to the study from the respected organisation." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/10305000/Africas-population-to-double-to-2.4-billion-by-2050.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianoce... The refugees are already straining the resources of Europe and another billion(!) won't make anything better.

brohee 11y ago
The Telegraph is using old fertility numbers, on purpose I guess... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=fertility+in+africa http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=fertility+in+africa gives 4.7 children per female, but I wonder if the average is weighted per contry population, as the high fertility countries have a very small population, and the highly populated one being way below that (exception for Nigeria). And more interesting is the curve, falling.
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- noselasd 11y ago
  You can explore that here: http://tinyurl.com/nksygxp http://tinyurl.com/nksygxp (needs flash)
Shivetya 11y ago
well considering they need homes it seems government resources could be used to settle them in villages similar to this with access to land to allow them to keep their community. It certainly should cost less and if you find a tight knit group they are likely to work hard to improve the area.
- icebraining 11y ago
  It certainly should cost less Not really; like FranOntanaya pointed out, most of these buildings are just four crumbling stone walls and a roof (with luck). And it doesn't help that Galicia is very humid. It'd be much cheaper to tear them down and build a new house on the same land. And much cheaper still, of course, is making large apartment buildings. Besides, it's not clear that those immigrants would actually stay there. Like the people who left, they probably also want jobs and access to stuff (cheap grocery stores, entertainment, etc). These villages are in the middle of nowhere, often connected by narrow and curvy roads that surround the mountains. EDIT: Also, one of the reasons why they're abandoned, is because many of the houses / terrains are more than 100 years old, the property now belongs to dozens of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, and it's a pain to get them all to sign off to the sale. For example, my greatgrandparent's land has been passed to their 13 sons and daughters, each of whom have had 2-4 kids of their own, etc. I think my mother owns about ~1/26 of the property.
ZoeZoeBee 11y ago
To Be fair that is an issue looming over Africa, one which Europe needs to do its best to mitigate the effects of.

brohee 11y ago

The Telegraph is using old fertility numbers, on purpose I guess... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=fertility+in+africa http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=fertility+in+africa gives 4.7 children per female, but I wonder if the average is weighted per contry population, as the high fertility countries have a very small population, and the highly populated one being way below that (exception for Nigeria). And more interesting is the curve, falling.

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noselasd 11y ago
You can explore that here: http://tinyurl.com/nksygxp http://tinyurl.com/nksygxp (needs flash)

Shivetya 11y ago

well considering they need homes it seems government resources could be used to settle them in villages similar to this with access to land to allow them to keep their community. It certainly should cost less and if you find a tight knit group they are likely to work hard to improve the area.

icebraining 11y ago
It certainly should cost less Not really; like FranOntanaya pointed out, most of these buildings are just four crumbling stone walls and a roof (with luck). And it doesn't help that Galicia is very humid. It'd be much cheaper to tear them down and build a new house on the same land. And much cheaper still, of course, is making large apartment buildings. Besides, it's not clear that those immigrants would actually stay there. Like the people who left, they probably also want jobs and access to stuff (cheap grocery stores, entertainment, etc). These villages are in the middle of nowhere, often connected by narrow and curvy roads that surround the mountains. EDIT: Also, one of the reasons why they're abandoned, is because many of the houses / terrains are more than 100 years old, the property now belongs to dozens of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, and it's a pain to get them all to sign off to the sale. For example, my greatgrandparent's land has been passed to their 13 sons and daughters, each of whom have had 2-4 kids of their own, etc. I think my mother owns about ~1/26 of the property.

ZoeZoeBee 11y ago

To Be fair that is an issue looming over Africa, one which Europe needs to do its best to mitigate the effects of.