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by toomuchtodo 5195 days ago
TL;DR The world is getting older, hence less babies born.
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toomuchtodo 5194 days ago
Downvote? For quickly summarizing a wikipedia link? I guess we all have time to waste skimming wikipedia articles, don't we?
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schiffern 5193 days ago
The problem is that it's wrong.

A better summary would be, "The world is getting richer, hence lower infant mortality, hence birth rates drop."

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toomuchtodo 5193 days ago
The world is graying extremely quickly (Japan, Western Europe, the US, and soon China).
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