The Netherlands has a fertility rate of less than 1.7 births per woman[0]. The only reason its population is slightly increasing is that people are living long

The Netherlands has a fertility rate of less than 1.7 births per woman[0]. The only reason its population is slightly increasing is that people are living longer and people want to move to the country. In fact, the population of Europe as a whole actually declined slightly last year.[1] So we shouldn't be worrying about "big families", we should be worried about voluntary self-extinction. What do you think the correct population should be for the Netherlands or Europe, and what do you suggest we do when we reach it? Obviously the current level of government benefits per child aren't enough to keep the population level stable. [0] https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/NLD/netherlands/fertility-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/NLD/netherlands/fertil... [1] https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/EUR/europe/population-growth-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/EUR/europe/population-...