A very different future

Does the west have a future?

"If you don't have young people, you are a society in decline." Mark Steyn

Who's still breeding in the world?  I find statistics fascinating.  These countries will have lots of young people in a couple of decades:

Rank	Country	Children born per woman
1	Niger	7.16
2	Mali	6.35
3	Somalia	6.26
4	Uganda	6.14
9	Afghanistan	5.64
30	Gaza Strip	4.57
33	Yemen	4.45
38	Sudan	4.17
45	Zimbabwe	3.61
46	Iraq	3.58
48	Tonga	3.55
52	Jordan	3.36
59	Pakistan	3.07
66	Egypt	2.94
67	Bolivia	2.93
77	Israel	2.67

 A healthy birth rate to sustain a population is about 2.1.

The United States are doing ok, with 2.06.

These countries, however, are in a bit of trouble -

Rank	Country	Children born per woman
140	U.K.	1.91
153	Brazil	1.82
162	Australia	1.77
175	Thailand	1.66
178	Russia	1.61
179	Canada	1.59
182	China	1.55
192	Spain	1.48
200	Austria	1.41
202	Germany	1.41
204	Italy	1.40
205	Greece	1.39
206	Japan	1.39
219	South Korea	1.23
222	Hong Kong	1.09
224	Singapore	0.78

Source - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2127rank.html


Here's an interesting interview with Mark Steyn where he summarises his book, "America Alone", and talks about the implications of these demographic changes.