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by Gud 10 days ago
So it hasn’t?
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kibwen 10 days ago
US fertility rates first fell below replacement in 1972, falling to 1.8 by 1984, then rising back above replacement by 2007, then falling to 1.79 today. Despite being below replacement for 53 of the last 54 years, overall US population has never declined.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/highcharts/data/dubina-cha...

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Retric 10 days ago
There’s years where the population declined due to migration, the long term trend is very much a net positive.

Recent policies have resulted in significant population decline, but so far they are just another blip.

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