It depends on the culture, I guess - AFAIK the birth rate in western countries is decreasing. On the other hand, the taxi drivers I remember talking to about c

It depends on the culture, I guess - AFAIK the birth rate in western countries is decreasing. On the other hand, the taxi drivers I remember talking to about children, had all a certain (non-western) background, and they had (as far as I remember) 2, 4, 3, 8 children, respectively.