In discussions about the demographic situation around the world, people often talk about the U.S. as though it's the "cleanest dirty shirt," meaning that it's not good, but compared to other places, it looks good. Europe is aging rapidly, in part thanks to dropping fertility rates. Japan is famously old. And even China, thanks to the long-term ramifications of its one-child policy, may be the first country that "gets old before it gets rich."
The U.S. is old and aging, but at least we have relatively robust levels of immigration keeping us young, is how things are usually characterized.
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