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by lotsofpulp 1008 days ago
It does not seem to be offsetting increasing longevity:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/median-age

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Median age is also impacted by the birth rate, which keeps falling in the US. Why aren't we having a conversation about raising the birth rate?
“We” are, there are usually multiple discussions per week on this forum, and on the national USA level, it was a big part of the proposed Build Back Better bill.

See “American Families Plan” section:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_Back_Better_Plan

If you want more working class people to have kids, you need to give them room to breathe financially.