United States
The term "baby boom" most often refers to the dramatic post–World War II baby boom (1946–1964). There are an estimated 78.3 million Americans who were born during this demographic boom in births. The term is a general demographic one and is also applicable to other similar population expansions.
Recent baby boom periods include the following:
- Post–World War II baby boom: Years of duration vary, depending on the source (e.g., 1943–1960, 1946–1964).
- Decreţei: (1967-1989), A baby boom in Romania caused by a ban on abortion and contraception.
- Echo baby boom (Millennial Generation): (1982–2000), the children of the post-WWII baby boomers.
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“Today’s difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada are the horns, the head, the neck, the shins, and the hoof of the ox, and the United States are the ribs, the sirloin, the kidneys, and the rest of the body.”
—William Cobbett (1762–1835)
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—Will Rogers (1879–1935)
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—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
“When, in some obscure country town, the farmers come together to a special town meeting, to express their opinion on some subject which is vexing to the land, that, I think, is the true Congress, and the most respectable one that is ever assembled in the United States.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)