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You need two children per woman...

...and a bit in order to maintain a country's population level. In high-income countries (with low child mortality rates), 2.1 children per woman is considered sufficient. Today the number in Sweden is 1.45, the lowest since 1749. The sculpture in front of the Oslo city hall is created by Per Hurum.

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