November
21st
  12:43:29 PM

2.1 Children

Good afternoon everyone! After last week’s post about Russia’s demographic decline, I thought that I’d share with you a short, little, easy-to-digest video from the Population Research Institute about the total fertility rate, and why modern, western society needs about 2.1 children per woman to reproduce themselves.  Enjoy!



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