Oh Dear

[vetran]

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documen...-2df9bbd4249c#

In 2014, 5.132 million babies were born in the European Union (EU), compared with 5.063 million in 2001. Among
Member States, France continued to record the highest number of births (819 300 in 2014), ahead of the United
Kingdom (775 900), Germany (714 900), Italy (502 600), Spain (426 100) and Poland (375 200).
On average in the EU, women who gave birth to their first child in 2014 were aged nearly 29 (28.8 years). Across
Member States, first time mothers were the youngest in Bulgaria and the oldest in Italy.
Overall, the fertility rate in the EU increased from 1.46 in 2001 to 1.58 in 2014. It varied between Member States
from 1.23 in Portugal to 2.01 in France in 2014. A total fertility rate of around 2.1 live births per woman is
considered to be the replacement level in developed countries: in other words, the average number of live births
per woman required to keep the population size constant in the absence of inward or outward migration.

[bobspud]

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documen...-2df9bbd4249c#

Why Oh dear? that seems like a not to bad set of results. We have stopped increasing year on year, our uk kids seem to have mostly realised that popping your second sprog by a different dad at the age of sixteen is not very bright. Meanwhile we have more than enough refugees that need to be homed and integrated.

But the emphasis in this is integrated...

The planet need far fewer humans left on it by the time the seventies generation dies out so whats left needs to make it count.

[FatLazyContractor]

first time mothers were the youngest in Bulgaria and the oldest in Italy.

Will keep that in mind when I visit Milan next week

[BrilloPad]

Sounds like good news. The green party reckons the UK could support about 40 million sustainably. Boot out the immigrants. And prepare for an economy where growth comes from productivity increases - not from financial alchemy.