US Edition
More Couples in Singapore Are Stopping at One Child – What Does This Mean for Families and Society at Large?
GERMANY, JUL 17 – Germany’s birth rate fell 2% to 1.35 children per woman in 2024, the lowest since 2006, with slower decline compared to steeper drops in 2022 and 2023, officials said.
- On July 17, the Federal Statistical Office reported 1.35 children per woman in 2024, marking a 2% decline from 2023.
- Long-Term low fertility levels in Germany, with women having 1.23 children, raise concerns about economic sustainability and pension pressure.
- Citizenship-Based data show that the rate fell to 1.23 children per woman for German citizens, lowest since 1996, according to the Federal Statistical Office.
- In German states, fertility in Thuringia fell 7% to 1.24, while Baden-Württemberg’s dropped 1% to 1.39.
- Future forecasts indicate that by 2070, 80% of births will be to non-German mothers, Thilo Sarrazin predicts.
43 Articles
43 Articles
More couples in Singapore are stopping at one child – what does this mean for families and society at large?
As family units become smaller, Singapore will have to prepare for a future that may rely more on what experts call "fictive kinship" and external help, instead of one's own offspring for caregiving needs.
Fewer and fewer babies in Germany: The decline in births is becoming an increasingly serious problem. But what is it really about?
The oldest German party has been losing its vote for years. What is the reason, and how is the decline to be stopped? A column.
Germans Race Towards Minority Status As Birth Rate Crashes
This post was republished with permission from Remix News Ethnic Germans are having fewer and fewer children, with new data showing that predictions of German minority status could become true much sooner than originally predicted. Germany’s birth rate is plummeting, reaching a concerning 1.35 children per woman in 2023; however, the situation is even more critical for women with German citizenship, whose fertility rate has hit a 30-year low. Th…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 44% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
