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   RM>> Years ago I saw a study where environmental scientists looked at   
     >> what number of people the whole world could support at a level   
     >> where nature would totally be unharmed by humans, a number that   
     >> could survive easily and do no damage.   
      
   MP>> The number they came up with was about 50 million people, so   
     >> maybe what we need to fix things is better birth control..   B)   
      
   MP>Also agreed!  I am doing my part in that regard.  ;)   
      
   Yes, my family as well. My parents had 8 siblings, but I have only 2,   
   and between the 3 of us there is only one child, now grown with 2   
   children of her own.   
      
   This is more typical of rich countries though. Poor countries tend   
   to have more children so there's a better chance some of them will   
   survive the poverty and still be around to help feed their parents   
   in their later years.   
      
   Okay, checking that online, apparently i.e. India only averages   
   1 or 2 children per family. Maybe it's reached a saturation point.   
      
   That said, in Canada only 58.2% of families have Any children.   
      
   I couldn't find an exact comparison for the USA but several   
   sites mentioned the typical family size in the USA is 3.13   
   people, suggesting an average of one child per family.   
      
   Not to go too far with this but Germany has about 50% more   
   children (half a child?) than the USA.   
      
   Looking at a list of countries with the Most children, a lot   
   of countries in Africa and the Middle East have 5 to 7 children   
   in a family on average.. This was more what I was thinking about.   
   India was for some reason a poor choice for that.   
      
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