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Had always heard that the “replacement level” total fertility rate is 2.1 children per woman, but didn’t realize this was the reason:
Had always heard that the “replacement level” total fertility rate is 2.1 children per woman, but didn’t realize this was the reason: Let me lay out the unpleasant arithmetic of the replacement rate,
Had always heard that the “replacement level” total fertility rate is 2.1 children per woman, but didn’t realize this was the reason: Let me lay out the unpleasant arithmetic of the replacement rate, and why a modern society finds it so hard to reach. A population of 100 women in an advanced economy needs 210 children to replace itself. Why? Absent sex-selective practices, roughly 105 boys are born for every 10…
Source: Elon Musk (X) | 2026-05-19