Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
Now Japan is officially under negative population growth, more people are dying then being born. Some critics are saying Japan needs immigration to sustain population growth, or even just to maintain current population.
Singapore too. Interestingly enough SG's TFR (at 1.20) is even lower than Japan (1.44). SG makes up for it by mass granting of PRs and Citizenships though (much to the chagrin of a particular portion of the population).