The birth rate in poor nations is also crashing.

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Just checked, true! Not as bad as developed nations but still not trending up 🐶🐾🫡

Same trajectory.

Poor nations also have lots of kids as a form of retirement savings. You need Children to take care of you in old age and preform physical labor for you. Plus, they are more likely to die. In wealthy countries, everyone is still relying on “paper” retirements, which may ultimately produce even worse results than having 8 kids would.