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The US compensates its declining birth rate by a large influx of immigrants. In comparison, Japan's immigration numbers are tiny: https://data.oecd.org/chart/5S
by jfim 3y ago
The US compensates its declining birth rate by a large influx of immigrants. In comparison, Japan's immigration numbers are tiny: https://data.oecd.org/chart/5StJ https://data.oecd.org/chart/5StJ
- gregjor 3y agoImmigration won't make future generations of Americans larger than the generation before them. We're just losing ground slower than Japan. Much studied and commented on. Tl;dr immigrants have lower birth rate than 100 or 50 years ago. https://cis.org/Report/Fertility-Among-Immigrants-and-NativeBorn-Americans https://cis.org/Report/Fertility-Among-Immigrants-and-Native... Japan has started to encourage immigration, but probably too little, too late. Almost every country in Asia has a declining birth rate. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171367/apac-total-fertility-rates-by-country-or-region/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171367/apac-total-ferti...