Of the thirty countries with membership in the OECD at the beginning of the 21st century, all but two had total female fertility rates under 2.1. This number - 2.1 - is required in order to stabilize the population at its current level.
The exceptions were Turkey and Mexico.
Thirteen OECD countries had fertility rates below 1.5
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Outsource manufacturing and import the finished goods. It's not just for gadgets.
(I like that joke too much. Maybe I can spin it into a full blown PhD?)
We've been here before. The outcome was the Dark Ages. After a lapse of just 1300 or 1400 years, you can get back to where you were before.
Why is this a problem?
Problem ahead. But some point to evidence that advances in development may reverse fertility declines.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v460/n7256/pdf/nature08230.pdf
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