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BY LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, February 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A United Nations report due to be released later this month warns that the world will soon be in a dangerous situation of overall population decline.  Far from the population controllers predictions that the world will be completely overpopulated, the UN demographers warn that the decline in fertility rate shows no indication of stopping at 2.1 - the replacement rate.  “All the evidence suggests fertility is falling rapidly in developing countries with no sign it is going to stop at the magical number of two,” said Larry Heligman of the UN population division.  The UN report warns that the average fertility rate will decline to 1.85 - dangerously lower than the replacement rate - by 2050.  The Sunday Times which provided a sneak preview at the report notes that Thailand’s fertility rate went from 5 in the 1970s to just under 2 today.  In Iran the rate has gone from 6.5 children in the 1980s to 2.75 today.  While the current world average for women bearing children is 2.7, in the West the average is much lower with countries such as Italy at 1.2 children per woman. Jacqueline Kasun, a researcher who has warned for years about the coming population decline and the erroneous predictions of those espousing overpopulation, warned that that crunch will be felt in attempting to care for the elderly with few earners to support welfare and pension systems.  (with files from The Sunday Times, Feb 2, 2003) http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/un-report-to-show-fertility-rates-worldwide-to-drop-to-below-replacement/

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