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NickB79

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16. Mexico's birthrate has dropped below replacement levels, just like the rest of the planet

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Sat Jan 4, 2025, 11:43 AM

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https://mexicobusiness.news/health/news/birth-rate-mexico-declines-mirroring-global-phenomenon

The nations that will succeed in the 21st century are the ones that either have a healthy population with a strong, young workforce, or ones that turn heavily to automation.

At the same time, China has been courting Mexico heavily as a nation to build new factories in, and new factories require millions of new factory workers.

Accepting millions of new immigrants positions Mexico to become an industrial powerhouse in the subsequent decades, as China and India both see their workforces age and decline.

The US, on the other hand, will be hard-pressed to maintain economic growth with a shrinking population. Our birth rate has been below replacement levels for some time now, and only the effects of immigration have powered our economy these last 20 yr.

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