would france be a superpower in the 20th and 21st century if their population growth rate hadn't declined due to low birth rates?
for example, if france's population grew at the same rate as england's from 1800 to 2000, they would have about 171 million people in 2000.
Anonymous
8/23/2025, 2:39:22 AM
No.17942308
>>17942307 (OP)
different species have different reproduction strategies
Anonymous
8/23/2025, 2:40:47 AM
No.17942310
>>17942307 (OP)
different species have different reproduction strategies
Anonymous
8/23/2025, 3:33:31 AM
No.17942404
>>17942307 (OP)
yeah maybe
ww1 and ww2 would have been very different
>>17942307 (OP)
What is the cause of such a decline in the french demography ?
Anonymous
8/23/2025, 2:25:08 PM
No.17943358
>>17943317
Atheism was a cause... No church = no children. Same as today.
Anonymous
8/23/2025, 2:30:03 PM
No.17943360
>>17945853
Yes. But they would still get their asses kicked in WWII.
Anonymous
8/24/2025, 1:36:22 PM
No.17945853
>>17943360
that wouldn't happen because WW1 also wouldn't happen
Anonymous
8/24/2025, 1:39:30 PM
No.17945861
>>17943317
Their faustian spirit died out after losing the Napoleonic Wars
Anonymous
8/24/2025, 1:50:19 PM
No.17945877
>>17943317
There was a 19th century trope that French women despised the thought of pregnancy