Russia’s birth rate higher than US

“[F]or the first time in a very long time, in 2012 Russia’s birth rate actually exceeded that of the United States. This is, to put it mildly, a significant reversal from the not too distant past when the US had a birth rate that was as much as 75% higher than Russia’s.”

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“Essentially, Russian wages have never been higher and unemployment has never been lower. Meanwhile, in the United States, wages are stagnant and unemployment is way above its long-term trend. This sort of economic malaise has had a predictably depressive effect on fertility.”

http://moonbattery.com/

(It’s not just economics. If that were the case, poor countries would have birth rates below replacement. Much of the low birth rate in the U.S. is because middle- and upper-income people don’t have kids as often as in the past. Working women in their 20s want to put off having kids until they are 35 or so. More than likely, they won’t have kids at all. Poorer people will continue to have kids, bring more government-needy onto poverty rolls and Democratic voters to demand more and more stuff.)

Whole story at:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/07/25/dying-russias-birth-rate-is-now-higher-than-the-united-states/