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For more information, please see: [[Essay: The USA is more innovative and productive than China and Russia|The USA is more innovative and productive than China and Russia]] ]]
'''5.''' A large [[Christian]] population (see: [[Christianity and social stability]] and [[Protestant cultural legacies]]). And Bible-believing Christians have a higher fertility rate than the general population. Peak [[secularization]] of the USA is expected to occur before 2050 followed by a period of [[desecularization]] (see: [[United States, immigration and the growth of religion in the USA in the latter part of the 21st century]] and [[United States, irreligion vs. religion and demographics]]).
'''6.''' Many innovative people per capita as can be seen by the information contained in the essay at: [[Essay: The USA is more innovative and productive than China and Russia|The USA is more innovative and productive than China and Russia]] (See: [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-innovative-countries-in-2023/ Ranked: The Most Innovative Countries in 2023]. In 2023, the USA ranked #3 in the world in Global Innovation Index and China was ranked 12th, [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-2000-2023-section1-en-gii-2023-results-global-innovation-index-2023.pdf World’s innovation leaders, gauging the innovation performance of 132 economies]). The USA is one of the largest markets of the world and U.S. inventors receive nearly half of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) [[patent]]s.<ref>[https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20201/invention-innovation-and-perceptions-of-science The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2020]</ref> See also: [https://sciencebusiness.net/news/international-news/us-holds-china-challenge-global-rd-spending-race#:~:text=It%20shows%20that%20the%20US,China%20spent%20%24668%20billion. US holds off China challenge in global R&D spending race], 2024.