Birth Rates Are Plummeting in Most Nations, And The World Isn’t Prepared

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Human birth rates will continue to drop drastically over the coming century, and within just 25 years, over two-thirds of countries’ populations will be in decline. That’s the finding of a new study published in The Lancet. 

The extensive team of international scientists behind the paper warns that governments must prepare for the massive changes we will face in the coming decades, as a result of these changes to global population patterns.

These future trends in fertility rates and live births will completely reconfigure the global economy and the international balance of power and will necessitate reorganizing societies,” says Natalia Bhattacharjee, a population statistician with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in the US….Story continues…

By: Jess Cockerill

Source: Birth Rates Are Plummeting in Most Nations, And The World Isn’t Prepared : ScienceAlert

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Why the one-child policy still affects China’s birth rate The Economist 19:30 Tue, 30 Apr 

WI’s Birth Rate Increases In 2023, Counter To U.S. Trend Patch 18:02 Tue, 30 Apr 

MN’s Birth Rate Increases In 2023, Counter To U.S. Trend Patch 17:40 Tue, 30 Apr 

Monday

US Birth Rate Falls to a Record Low Newswise (Press Release) 21:23 Mon, 29 Apr 

Sunday

CDC records lowest US birth rate in nation’s history Aleteia 14:57 Sun, 28 Apr 

Saturday

ANALYSIS: Declining Birth Rate, Migration, Mortality: How Will Ukraine Recover? Kyiv Post 13:51 Sat, 27 Apr 

Friday

Tory MP warns couples having children could become ‘culturally unusual’ and that the declining birth rate is the ‘elephant in the room’ GB News 18:50 Fri, 26 Apr 

What does a falling birth rate mean for the Island’s future? Jersey Evening Post 15:22 Fri, 26 Apr 

Is The Economy Behind The Low Birth Rate? Unlikely The Federalist 11:15 Fri, 26 Apr 

RealClearPolitics: Politics of Today’s GDP Numbers, New Respect for Speaker Johnson, America’s Falling Birth Rate RealClearPolitics (Video) 03:49 Fri, 26 Apr 

In the last month

U.S. birth rate falls to 100-year low, triggering economic worries The Washington Times 01:11 Fri, 26 Apr 

CDC: US birth rate drops after slight post-COVID rebound Voice of America 21:14 Thu, 25 Apr 

US birth rate falls to record low after pandemic bump The Hill 20:54 Thu, 25 Apr 

US Fertility Rate Dropped to Lowest in a Century as Births Dipped in 2023; Teen Birth Rate at Record Low WTTW 20:36 Thu, 25 Apr 

America’s Record-Low Birth Rate Could Slow Economic Growth, Doom Social Security The New York Sun 19:34 Thu, 25 Apr 

U.S. Birth Rate Drops To New Low After Pandemic ‘Baby Bump’ Forbes 13:15 Thu, 25 Apr 

Falling birth rate could cut primary school sizes BBC 08:55 Thu, 25 Apr 

U.S. birth rate drops to record low, ending pandemic uptick CBS News 07:33 Thu, 25 Apr 

Decreasing birth rate poses challenges to population and development targets Viet Nam News 06:33 Wed, 24 Apr 

Kazakhstan’s birth rate lower down in 2023 Kazinform 16:43 Tue, 23 Apr 

[Big read] In Taiwan, birth rate soars in Hsinchu’s tech zone ThinkChina 07:03 Mon, 22 Apr 

Small island in Kyushu boasts the nation’s highest birth rate Asahi Shimbun 13:25 Sat, 20 Apr 

No, Japan hasn’t banned mRNA Covid jabs, and population decline due to low birth rate Africa Check 10:52 Fri, 19 Apr 

Tokyo’s birth rate falls again: why Kishida’s cheques are not enough AsiaNews.it 15:56 Thu, 18 Apr 

[Editorial] When the choice is kids or career, Korea will never overcome birth rate woes The Hankyoreh 11:46 Thu, 18 Apr 

Warning primary schools face ‘catastrophic’ wave of closures: Fears plummeting Covid birth rate and increase in homeschooling could see surge in shutdowns with as little as six pupils registered in a year – as more than 90% of parents get first choiceMailOnline 19:19 Wed, 17 Apr 

Ukraine’s birth rate plummets to 300-year low as country’s population collapses bne IntelliNews 19:07 Wed, 17 Apr 

China is taking drastic steps to boost its falling birth rate Sky News 15:22 Wed, 17 Apr 

Lowering conscription age to 20 could affect birth rate in Ukraine – Institute for Demography Ukrainska Pravda 19:40 Sat, 13 Apr 

Greece in a losing battle to tumbling birth–rate, small villages have it worst Neos Kosmos 01:51 Sat, 13 Apr 

Falling birth rate causes Slovak population decreaseRadio Slovakia International 16:23 Fri, 12 Apr 

The areas most at risk from school closures: Map reveals districts facing biggest drop in primary pupil numbers as report warns country’s falling birth rate could lose schools £1billion in funding because they can’t fill placesMailOnline 16:10 Thu, 11 Apr 

Schools across the UK face closure as the country’s falling birth rate hits pupil numbers, report warns MailOnline 02:34 Thu, 11 Apr 

Feihe blames China birth rate decline as annual profits slump just-food.com 19:48 Wed, 10 Apr 

Cyprus birth rate way too low, committee hears Cyprus Mail 17:04 Tue, 09 Apr 

Cyprus birth rate way to low, committee hears Cyprus Mail 16:54 Tue, 09 Apr 

Birth rate in United States remained unchanged from 2021 to 2022, report shows Medical Xpress 18:15 Sat, 06 Apr 

Egypt’s birth rate declines by 46 per cent since 2017, planning ministry says The National 21:38 Thu, 04 Apr 

Birth Rate in United States Remained Unchanged From 2021 to 2022 HealthDay 19:18 Thu, 04 Apr 

Italian birth rate in decline for 15th straight year Aleteia 15:05 Wed, 03 Apr 

How South Korea Should Tackle Its Low Birth Rate, According to Experts TIME 09:21 Wed, 03 Apr 

Petkov: When GERB Is Not In Power The Birth Rate Goes Up Novinite 16:56 Tue, 02 Apr 

How Ukrainians are reviving their birth rate The Spectator World 01:30 Tue, 02 Apr

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