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Monoethnic Social Club said:
When Greece or Italy or any other country with declining population growth gets down to less than a couple of thousand children born per year than sure thats a time to worry but until then I think there are other factors in play...
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Japan and South Korea are even worse with that. Korea especially, in fact they’re now paying couples to have kids.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
We had a "Baby Bonus" in the 2000s too mate... its not groundbreaking.. The whole western world is having less kids...
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Japan and Korea are worse though because unlike Western countries they don’t have much immigration (it’s increasing but still very low, especially compared to the mass immigration of Australia and some European countries like the UK). Korea’s population could decrease to 7.5 million in 100 years. They currently have 51.7 million people.

www.koreatimes.co.kr

Think tank predicts Korea's population to shrink to 7.5 million in 100 years - The Korea Times

Korea’s population could decline to just 7.53 million — about 15 percent of its current size — over the next century, according to a new think tank...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Japan and Korea are worse though because unlike Western countries they don’t have much immigration (it’s increasing but still very low, especially compared to the mass immigration of Australia and some European countries like the UK). Korea’s population could decrease to 7.5 million in 100 years. They currently have 51.7 million people.

www.koreatimes.co.kr

Think tank predicts Korea's population to shrink to 7.5 million in 100 years - The Korea Times

Korea’s population could decline to just 7.53 million — about 15 percent of its current size — over the next century, according to a new think tank...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
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Sure, and when Koreas population "shrinks" to 7.5 million their overall player pool will STILL be 3 times someone like Croatia's no?
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Japan and Korea are worse though because unlike Western countries they don’t have much immigration (it’s increasing but still very low, especially compared to the mass immigration of Australia and some European countries like the UK). Korea’s population could decrease to 7.5 million in 100 years. They currently have 51.7 million people.

www.koreatimes.co.kr

Think tank predicts Korea's population to shrink to 7.5 million in 100 years - The Korea Times

Korea’s population could decline to just 7.53 million — about 15 percent of its current size — over the next century, according to a new think tank...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
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That sounds a bit dramatic IMO - have we had any countries shrink that much over 100 years? (Granted, that's going back to the 1920's...)
 
NicCarBel said:
That sounds a bit dramatic IMO - have we had any countries shrink that much over 100 years? (Granted, that's going back to the 1920's...)
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From a world perspective, we have gone from an average of 5 babies per woman at the beginning of the 20th century to now just barely replacement level at 2.1 per woman.

Countries like both Korea's and Japan have been average under 1 child per woman for decades. I agree the figure of 7.5 mill in 100 years is a stretch, but it wouldn't be far off the mark on current birth rates. At the moment, the only continent with a greater average birth rate than replacement level is Africa.
 
Hillbilly55 said:
From a world perspective, we have gone from an average of 5 babies per woman at the beginning of the 20th century to now just barely replacement level at 2.1 per woman.

Countries like both Korea's and Japan have been average under 1 child per woman for decades. I agree the figure of 7.5 mill in 100 years is a stretch, but it wouldn't be far off the mark on current birth rates. At the moment, the only continent with a greater average birth rate than replacement level is Africa.
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Well yes, that makes sense - half of the current population sounds a bit more of realistic modelling, but nearly 10% of the current population sounds like there'll be a few more plagues in the next 100 years.
 
Quicky said:
Mousinho, Portsmouths coach, came out and shed some light on Segecic's decision. He mentioned Segecic only getting selected in 1 of 3 squads and not playing. And also the extra travel. Stuff we knew but good to hear it spoken.
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I only briefly saw the quote, but he looked to be giving his opinion on it, not necessarily repeating what Segecic had told him. He may have been told, but it read like him looking at the situation overall.
 
NicCarBel said:
That sounds a bit dramatic IMO - have we had any countries shrink that much over 100 years? (Granted, that's going back to the 1920's...)
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It sounds like it, but Korea is having a serious issue. Birth rates are low, the population is aging, people keep leaving Korea (e.g. Koreans in Australia, Canada, Japan, NZ, the US, etc) and not many people are moving there (as evident by its homogeneity). Japan has those factors too minus migration (few Japanese migrate away from Japan, most Japanese have never left Japan and even fewer have current passports, despite Japanese immigrants and tourists being common in specific places like the Gold Coast; those in Hawai’i migrated earlier on).

White people also have low birth rates, however Western countries have lots of immigration which Japan and Korea don’t have much of (other than Koreans moving to Japan but even then over 96% of Japan is Yamato Japanese and the vast majority follow the Shinto spirituality).

How does this relate to football? Well, this means that their pool of players is sharply declining.
 
I still maintain that he’s been very poorly advised. If there’s an issue with Popovic, why not simply take the stance of making himself unavailable for Australia selection? He’s unlikely to be picked for Croatia’s 2026 World Cup squad, so making a one-time switch now seems odd. Instead, he could have used the next four-year World Cup cycle to decide which country to represent. If during that time he reaches a level that warrants selection for Croatia, then make the switch—but if not, he preserves the option of playing high-level international football. For a player like him, exposure at a World Cup is invaluable, particularly for attracting interest from bigger clubs for bigger contracts.
 
hogie said:
I still maintain that he’s been very poorly advised. If there’s an issue with Popovic, why not simply take the stance of making himself unavailable for Australia selection? He’s unlikely to be picked for Croatia’s 2026 World Cup squad, so making a one-time switch now seems odd. Instead, he could have used the next four-year World Cup cycle to decide which country to represent. If during that time he reaches a level that warrants selection for Croatia, then make the switch—but if not, he preserves the option of playing high-level international football. For a player like him, exposure at a World Cup is invaluable, particularly for attracting interest from bigger clubs for bigger contracts.
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He was advised by his father. Imagine your dad telling you how proud he would be to see you play for Croatia all while growing up in a house that probably watched every Croatia game. I think he got caught up in the hype.
 
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