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Switzerland's fertility rate has been below the replacement rate of 2.1 babies / woman since the 1970s. There is zero chance of births pushing it above the 10M

by crote 6mo ago

Switzerland's fertility rate has been below the replacement rate of 2.1 babies / woman since the 1970s. There is zero chance of births pushing it above the 10M count. If anything, immigration is the sole reason the Swiss aren't going extinct.

nalaj 6mo ago
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- ryoshoe 6mo ago
  What counts as a Swiss person? Would children of immigrants growing up in Swiss society, going to Swiss schools, and speaking the national languages of Switzerland count?
  - quotz 6mo ago
    Swiss people are more strict about this than other parts of europe, so they lean more toward swiss ethnicity, also being open to neighbouring citizens. Last being immigrants from outside europe.
    - nalaj 6mo ago
      More like Switzerland has direct democracy so they can make their voices heard.
- crote 6mo ago
  Following the same logic: everyone who isn't a Native American doesn't count as American. And how are you going to count someone with one Swiss parent and one immigrant parent? Three Swiss grandparents and one immigrant grandparent? What are you going to do about all those people in Genève who had a forefather move over from Annecy 5 generations ago? The fact that most Swiss people speak languages pretty damn close to German, French, and Italian should be a good indication that immigration does, in fact, create Swiss people.