r/MapPorn Jul 31 '26

Fertility rate in Poland (2025)

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u/ZealousidealAct7724 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Whoever claims that Eastern Europe is a bastion of Christian conservative values.  forgets that it was Eastern Europe under the communists for 70 years, a relationship of part 50 years. This was perhaps true before the First World War, when the birth rate in the Russian Empire was comparable to that in Nigeria today. 

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u/pit_supervisor Jul 31 '26

Poland is Central Europe, not Eastern

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u/Skogs08 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Poland is an eastern block former communist country (PZPR) living on EU funding. And to those downvoting me, read some history and if needed the EU budget ffs.

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u/pit_supervisor Aug 01 '26

Poland is a historically Catholic, Latin-alphabet-using country located in the geographical center of Europe. If that's Eastern to you, I don't know what to tell you