'''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, irreligion vs. religion and demographics]]).
'''6.''' Many innovative people per capita (See: [https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/topics/latest-news/2020/june/usa-still-patent-superpower-but-china-is-catching-up-fast USA still patent Superpower – But China is catching up fast], 2020). 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
Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore are the world’s most innovative economies in 2023, according to WIPO’s Global Innovation Index (GII), as a group of middle-income economies have emerged over the past decade as the fastest climbers of the ranking.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-08-08/us-returns-to-top-3-in-global-innovation-ranking The U.S. Is (Again) Among the World's Top Innovators], U.S. News and World Report, 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2023/article_0011.html#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20(3rd,80%20GII%202023%20innovation%20indicators. Global Innovation Index 2023: Switzerland, Sweden and the U.S. lead the Global Innovation Ranking; Innovation Robust but Startup Funding Increasingly Uncertain]</ref><ref>[https://www.statista.com/chart/18804/rankings-of-the-global-innovation-index/The World's Most Innovative Countries], Statista website, 2023</ref>