> I'm not sure what we're counting as a third-world country (Brazil?
> Argentina? Seems rather arrogant of us) but some of the European/North
> American/DownUnder growth rates were:
>
> Australia 1.02
> Austria 0.25
> Belgium 0.18
> Belarus (er, this is in Europe somewhere, isn't it?) -0.17
> Canada 1.02
> Cyprus 0.6 (You were wrong, Charlie <grin>)
> ... and so on, and so forth. I gather these include
> immigration/emmigration rates as well. The net effect does appear to be
> pretty positive, if one trusts the CIA.
Including immigration, largely British ex-pats <raises hand> I'm talking
self-sustaining birth rates. Cyprus Government is actually trying to
encourage larger families, because the Greek Cypriot population isn't having
enough kids...
Charlie
