A problem in many industrialized countries is what is called "below replacement fertility". This means that women have, on average, less than 2.1 children over the course of a lifetime. This leads to some serious economic problems, because a small population of young people cannot adequetly support a large population of old people. In recent years, the UN Population Division (official UN statistical analysts) has sounded the alarm about below replacement fertility, calling for solutions to help countries experiencing this economic problem.
What do you think we should do about this? It is a very real problem, one that can be dealt with from many different angles. I am eager to hear some different ideas.
I will leave a source from a UN press release, but I warn you, it's incredibly dull reading. But to avoid hearing, "that's not true, prove it.", I will provide it for you:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/pop850.doc.htm
2007-11-05
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