Most Muslim countries have no public pension or health systems. The aged rely on their children to care for them. Muslims now in their sixties and seventies have on average several working-age children. In Iran, Turkey, and Algeria, most old people will have one or two children at mid-century. Europe is already struggling to cope with an aging population and increased demands for pensions and health care. During the next forty years, the average age of the European population will increase only from forty to forty-six years. In most Muslim countries, the average age today ranges from late
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