This interesting article from Tech Central Station discusses the decrease of population in European countries. The author attributes the decline to the development of pensions and social welfare that take care of older citizens so multiple children are no longer needed to support their elderly parents.

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IT WAS A WONDERFUL LEARNING FOR US
this link does not work.
Sorry Kenny, it’s a blog post and link from early 2005.
the link really does not work, this was a waste of time >:/