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in response to reader comment: The USA & Israel are in the exact same boat as Europe

Submitted by Per Ericsson, Nov 16, 2006 11:23

The birthrate for all european women is some 1.4 child per woman - if you exclude immigrants the net birthrate for "original" Europeans is between 1.1-1.2 child per women which means that Europe effectively cuts itself in half every generation, the continent is already so deep in the death spiral that no re-bound is possible !

The birthrate in America is far higher, at 2.1 per woman - and - regardless if you exclude American immigrants or not the American birthrate is superior to Europe's !

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