Aren't Japan, Italy and much of Europe losing population, and that's why foreigners were being imported to Europe? I've heard that without immigration, the US population would be declining also. I remember big bill boards in France in the early 90's "La France a besoin des enfants". France needs babies. Germany was paying people to be parents. My French in-laws were wondering why they should bother to have kids since they are so much work. If your future comfort is assured, you just have fun. You also lose population when people see no way to improve their fate, like the Soviet Union.
Aren't Japan, Italy and much of Europe losing population, and that's why foreigners were being imported to Europe? I've heard that without immigration, the US population would be declining also. I remember big bill boards in France in the early 90's "La France a besoin des enfants". France needs babies. Germany was paying people to be parents. My French in-laws were wondering why they should bother to have kids since they are so much work. If your future comfort is assured, you just have fun. You also lose population when people see no way to improve their fate, like the Soviet Union.