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Originally Posted by skidamarink
Generally this holds true, although you'd think/hope it would be the other way around. Although in the case of Belarus, with one of the lowest birthrates, most couples or single women report not having many children because of the poverty they'd endure. Smart thinking, but we have yet to see whether the low birth rate will/has helped their economy.
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Having low birthrates is great for the individual parents if they don't want kids-after all they can afford so many meaningful things like a new BMW instead.
But for the nation and society it is economically devastating as we will soon see.
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