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A reminder Japan's birthrate isn't a special case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis
by jalapenos 3y ago
A reminder Japan's birthrate isn't a special case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_f...
Same as Spain and Jamaica, higher than China and Korea.
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- brailsafe 3y agoCloser to Canada than Canada is to the U.S.
- zeroCalories 3y agoYou probably want to look at overall population growth, as many countries have young immigrants that contribute to their growth.
- jalapenos 3y agoNo, I don't. I'm specifically commenting on the Japan birthrate trope they reiterated.
- zeroCalories 3y agoI thought the topic was about countries running out of workers. Western countries are doing fine, as they're able to import workers.
- phendrenad2 3y agoThere's also the question of what a country even is anymore, other than a company that collects taxes when goods or money move across an arbitrary border, in exchange for using its brand image.