> Behalf Of Andrew Crystall > Also, the "European" trends are based mostly on the analysis of the > "old EU" countries, and not the countries the EU has more recently > expanded to cover, which have younger and more fertile populations. >
OK, let's look at the fertility rate for countries added since 2000 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_European_Union_enlargements#History_ of_European_Union_enlargements Bulgaria 1.48 Czech Republic 1.23 Estonia 1.42 Hungary 1.34 Latvia 1.29 Lithuania 1.22 Poland 1.27 Romania 1.38 Slovakia 1.34 Slovenia 1.27 I hope you notice that _all ten_ have fertility rates under 1.5. GB and France are the two main countries that are above the 1.5, with GB at 1.66, and France at 1.89. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
