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>The low fertility rate is common amongst developed countries. The point of the parent comment is that Singapore's fertility rate is markedly lower than other
by serf 6y ago
>The low fertility rate is common amongst developed countries.
The point of the parent comment is that Singapore's fertility rate is markedly lower than other developed countries.[0]
It's beyond the common average.
In any other data set, the extreme outliers would be considered abnormal -- a fertility rate that low is not common among developed countries.
[0]: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/356rank.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...
- tuatoru 6y agoThe gap in reproduction rate, number of daughters per woman, is probably even larger, now that sex selection is routine in Asian countries.