Europe as a whole has a <non-replacement> fertility rate of 1.5. In other words: it is dying. Total fertility rate for the US is just below replacement value at

Europe as a whole has a <non-replacement> fertility rate of 1.5. In other words: it is dying. Total fertility rate for the US is just below replacement value at 2.09 and the total fertility rate for the world is 2.59, down from 2.8 in 2002 and 5.0 in 1965. Any weaning that goes on will certainly have to be off welfare schemes because they are going to collapse.