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The developing world. Lack of birth control + poverty + lower cost of raising children has our population exploding in all the places that haven't developed yet.


China and India both have declining fertility rates as well. It seems like fertility is incompatible with economic development.


You forgot the most important point, security when your old, if you have 10 children's the "burden" to provide money/time to the parents is smaller per child.

If the state is not providing "insurance" the family has to.




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