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All developed nations are either right at replacement rates (USA) or well below (Japan, former Soviet nations etc). The developing nations (Thailand, Brazil, e
by forkandwait 15y ago
All developed nations are either right at replacement rates (USA) or well below (Japan, former Soviet nations etc). The developing nations (Thailand, Brazil, etc) are approaching replacement quickly. That leaves Africa and the poorer parts of large heterogeneous nations like India.
Some of us demographers think that as we continue to develop, population growth rates will go to under replacement and then sort of bounce around replacement after that due to social reasons.