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<p><b>Birth dearth</b> is a neologism coined by <a href="page.php?w=Ben_J._Wattenberg">Ben J. Wattenberg</a> in his 1987 book of the same name, which refers to the declining <a href="page.php?w=fertility_rate">fertility rate</a>s observed in many <a href="page.php?w=Modern_era">modern</a> <a href="page.php?w=Core_countries">industrialized, affluent societies</a>. It is often cited as a response to <a href="page.php?w=overpopulation">overpopulation</a>. Countries and geographic regions that are currently experiencing the highest rates of declining</p><p>
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