[hessenwolf]

Yes - see Germany, Italy, Singapore and Japan for high life expectancy and low birth rate. Interestingly, children also become less affordable, as opposed to just less financially necessary.

[masklinn]

Yep, noted that at the end of the second paragraph (might not have been clear enough)

[hessenwolf]

Oh, no, you were really clear. I just did not read that paragraph. Oops...