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:Link to article:http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...ld_116970.htmlSomething 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 original one of two articles:http://www.aei.org/press/foreign-and...ticed-release/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.
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