Demography sometimes appears here, although within threads. This is worth reading, even if the impact is far away!

Thanks to RCP a David Ignatius column, which opens with:
Something startling is happening in the Muslim world -- and no, I don't mean the Arab Spring or the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. According to a leading demographer, a "sea change" is producing a sharp decline in Muslim fertility rates and a "flight from marriage" among Arab women.
Link to article:http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...ld_116970.html

Using data for 49 Muslim-majority countries and territories, he found that fertility rates declined an average of 41 percent between 1975-80 and 2005-10, compared with a 33 percent decline for the world as a whole.....Iran's population will begin to shrink in two decades and will decline by more than 50 percent by the end of the century if current trends continue.
Link to original one of two articles:http://www.aei.org/press/foreign-and...ticed-release/