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No, all countries in EEU have fertility rates below replacement. UN population fund says 1.6 for Bulgaria but some countries (Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine) have the
by swexbe 4y ago
No, all countries in EEU have fertility rates below replacement. UN population fund says 1.6 for Bulgaria but some countries (Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine) have the same as Japan (1.4). Some countries in south Europe have an even lower fertility rate (Portugal, Greece, Italy are all at 1.3). Emigration is just an aggravating factor on top of this.
- unity1001 4y agoEach of those countries are either countries that were affected by the 2008 crisis, or countries that are being used by the richer countries in the Eu as cheap labor sources. Even though their birth rates may be below replacement, the real crisis comes from emigration from those countries.