the minimum required to sustain a population is at least 2.2 kids per person.

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well there you go - that 1.8 was in the short-term, I guess.

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ah, i think my english and my logic went somewhere down - that 2.2 number was per woman (for keeping same population) so 1.8 per person sounds reasonable.

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I'm going to have to look this up properly :)

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