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Comparing fertility rates and populations in Europe and beyond is part of a series of briefing documents on sustainable futures. This grouping is contained within a set of documents on global concerns at abelard.org. |
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comparing fertility rates and populations in europe and beyond Do you know that Britain has been the source of most scientific advance, and it has spread civilisation around the world? Do you know that virtually all the war-like countries that killed tens of millions are aging and shrinking rapidly? comparing fertility replacement rates
As you can see, most of these countries are, or were, Socialist states. It is little wonder that Germany is trying to get replacement population. calculating population replacement rates
If no females died until they could no longer produce children, the total fertility replacement rate [TFR] would be very close to 2.0. (The age for the end of childbearing is generally assumed to be between 45 and 50, but there are some exceptions.) Fertility replacement occurs at a rate of about 2.1 births per woman in most industrialised countries. Approximately 5 to 10% of females are infertile to varying degrees. As you can notice, 0.1 is 5% of 2, hence the figure of 2.1. By example, fertility replacement in the UK is 2.075. In comparison, because of their higher mortality rates, developing countries have fertility replacement rates that range from 2.5 to 3.3. Globally, the total fertility replacement rate is 2.33 children per woman. [2003 figures] country area comparison
on arms expenditure by nationsBefore World War Two, both major socialist regimes, Germany and Russia, were arming to the teeth. Here is a summary of military expenditure in 1937:
[For more detail, see Allies - Russia and Germany.] population density England is now more densely populated than the Netherlands.
England had 374 people per km² when 'New' Labour took power in 1997. They then signed Britain up to open-door policies. And here are some other countries, their numbers provide interesting comparisons.
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