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		hnpolicestate 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to... 80 million people died during WW II. That's what caused the baby boom. I assume birth rates also rose after the black death. Babybooms and societal renaissance I think only happen after cataclysmic events.

WorkerBee28474 7 months ago [–]

> I assume birth rates also rose after the black death

It seems not. Wikipedia says it took 80-150 years (4-7 generations) to recover from a ~21% population drop [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_of_the_Black_Deat...

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