Here is a better chart to back this up. Data from France, UK, Germany and US: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=FR-GB-DE-US&start=2

Here is a better chart to back this up. Data from France, UK, Germany and US: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=FR-GB-DE-US&start=2000 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?location... Seems pretty unique to US. Thus I conclude that most of the speculation in this thread is not backed by the facts.