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> here (and even the fourth) have more children per family that the 1.7
> that is considered the average. And the average includes the immigrants.
So even with immigrant's children you are below replacement.
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> > We live about 14 months longer than people did a hundred years ago.
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> The average livespan here is 73 for women and 71 for men, it used to be
> under 50.
Lifespan for people who survived childhood is only slightly higher now
than 100 years ago. The figure I saw recently was 14 months for adult
life span.