e.g. here (links to Gapminder): http://bit.ly/1jN1Xqc http://bit.ly/1jN1Xqc Use the slider to move the time axis. Birth rates have declined in most of the wor

e.g. here (links to Gapminder): http://bit.ly/1jN1Xqc http://bit.ly/1jN1Xqc Use the slider to move the time axis. Birth rates have declined in most of the world during the last 100 years, with a strong inverse correlation between life expectancy / wealth and birth rate. The US still withstands this trend somewhat with a birth rate just above 2.0, whereas most European countries range between 1.3 - 1.7 births / woman (which is not enough to sustain population). This Wikipedia article is also interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_rate