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How much of Japan's declining birthrate has been due to 30 years of stagflation? I only ask because seems to be where the US is headed economically. Is a decli

• jleyank 4y ago
  The us birthdate is below replacement and has been for a while. Immigration and the Hispanic population held up the population through 2015 and everything was downwards by 2019 sez google. Cost of living requiring 2-income families and the lack of parental leave or day care puts pressure on the family unit. Don’t see the us doing much to affect this, either.
  • jimmygrapes 4y ago
    Careful there, using the term "replacement" is fraught at the moment in this context.
    • wfhordie 4y ago
      It’s really not a fraught term in demography, which is this context.
• wfhordie 4y ago
  No. The US will simply import more people.