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>if the birth rate will start climbing due to COVID-19

Shifts in birth rates of developed countries are a drop in the ocean of global birth rates. "Developed" lives have a heavier ecological footprint, but it all pales in comparison to the shifts resulting from increased industrialisation of developing countries. Depressing demand for industrial goods and services (because of lockdown) is bound to have a much bigger impact than making a few kids more or less.



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World birth rate is dropping.

Births per 1000 people: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/WLD/world/birth-rate (less than half of the rate in 1950)

Fertility rate: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN (less than half the rate in 1960)


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