Guess which countries have the two lowest fertility rates in the Western Hemisphere. Yes, the awards go to Cuba and Canada.
Canada 1.61 children per woman
Cuba 1.60 children per woman
Remember, the fertility rate necessary to maintain a steady population over time is 2.1 children per woman.
Those wonderful socialist paradises are such fantastic places that the female citizens who live there have far fewer children than are necessary to replace the existing populations.
Yes, Canada has lots of immigrants, so its population will not shrink. However, it’s only a matter of time before Cuba’s population, which is already older than the American population, undergoes a dramatic decline due to a combination of low fertility and high emigration.
For a preview of what Cuba will look like in 20 years time, see Russia, which is shrinking by about 7 million people every decade (Russia only as 141 million people right now, so that’s a shrinkage of 5% per decade).
