Two effects are shown here:
- Fertility rates have fallen sharply in almost all developed nations – and others too
- Population increases in these countries now come primarily from immigration
The effect is that % of the population in each country is, not surprisingly, shifting two immigrants.
An odd corollary, related to comments from Musk and Ramaswamy, is that there is a presumption that immigrants are smarter, harder working and native Americans are lazy, dumb and uneducated. Both are assertions being promoted for political purposes.
Those comments also foster a two-class society – those who are “better immigrants” and conversely, those Americans who have immigration privileges can themselves go elsewhere and view themselves as “better” than Americans who cannot leave the U.S. This is not a healthy atmosphere.
