>>2091314
>You hit that point in the fking 1870's or something in Victoria 3 though
I've never hit the point where I had a negative population growth in vic3. Sure, birth rates slow down at some point, but population still keeps steadily going up.

>when its clearly ww1 that cratered the TFR
It accelerated things, but it was already on a clear downward trend before that. We also see the same phenomenon in countries that weren't even affected by wars. Pic related, China's demographic transition.