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I wonder what causes Brasil to have a much higher birthrate than Italy? GDP/capita and HDI Indexes would have you believe it should be the other way around.

Is real estate super cheap in Brasil? Does the state do something to stimulate baby making? Or are Brazilians just going at it without caring?

Birth rates correlate inversely with security/safety. War torn countries and poor countries have high birth rates. Safe and secure countries have low birth rates.

>War torn countries and poor countries have high birth rates.

IDK about that. Are birth rates exploding in Russia and Ukraine in the past couple of years? From my PoV, reproduction rate also has a lot to do with education.

well, Brazil is big.

https://www.gmexconsulting.com/cms/brazil-is-big/

At least for Europeans.

Also salaries have gone down in the last 20 years, from my understanding, instead of up. Which is a horrible signal.