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Declining Birthrates Are Breaking The Economy. Can We Fix It In Time?
GLOBAL (14 COUNTRIES ACROSS EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICAS), JUN 9 – A UNFPA survey of 14,000 people in 14 countries finds 39% cite financial limits and 20% cite global fears as barriers to having desired number of children worldwide.
- A UNFPA survey of more than 14,000 individuals across 14 countries found that many people face obstacles that prevent them from having as many children as they wish.
- This situation arises partly because fertility rates have fallen steeply worldwide while demographic aging and economic pressures limit family size choices.
- Financial constraints prevent 39% of people globally from having children, with South Korea at 58% and Sweden at 19%, while infertility affects 12%.
- A senior research officer from Lightcast emphasized that an economy depends on its population, and currently, the nation is experiencing declines in both, signaling serious economic challenges tied to demographic trends.
- The findings imply urgent action is needed to support reproductive choices and prevent further economic and social consequences from population decline.
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The world has been experiencing an unprecedented decline in fertility rates for decades—from 5 children per woman in 1950 to 2.25 children in 2024—which has led the most conservative politicians in the West to warn against an “imminent demographic collapse,” despite the fact that with more than 8 billion people sharing the planet and increasing longevity, the human population has never been so high. At the same time, they warn against the popula…
Global birth rates crisis: People do still want to have children, but many can't - here's why
"Lack of choice, not desire" is reason for global fertility crisis, say UN in a new report, after a massive new global survey. The Sky News data and forensics team breaks down the key details.
Japan may not exist by the year 2720 due to low birth rate - The Zambian Observer
There is an ongoing birthrate crises in Japan as the country is now in trouble of disappearing. Tohoku University’s Hiroshi Yoshida has warned that the country could literally vanish by the year 2720. According to him, the country risk disappearing in the next 695 years, leaving only one child under who will be under 14 […] The post Japan may not exist by the year 2720 due to low birth rate first appeared on The Zambian Observer.
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