Reply #5: What's equally interesting are some of the

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trends in these population, such the age structure of the populations.

For example: As far as I have read populations in Europe and Japan are aging. The younger generation are having fewer children and women are increasing participation in the workforce.

In India, certain cultural traditions followed by older generations without fail are being abandoned by the younger generation. They're not totally gone by any means but the machinery is starting to turn.

If the US had zero immigration, our population would likely be in decline for much the same reasons that are taking hold in Europe and Japan. Families are smaller and women are increasingly involved in the workforce.

Similar views are slowly taking hold in China as well.