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. 2015 Nov 18;96(1):55–97. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00017.2015

Figure 21.

Figure 21.

Examples of longitudinal changes in population sizes with different total fertility rates (TFR). A population is sustained if TFR is 2.1. However, a constant TFR of 1.5 (which is the current average in EU) will result in a 60% reduction of the population of young people over three generations, excluding immigration.