Bye, bye, baby? Birthrates are declining globally – here’s why it matters

-Birthrates are falling globally.

-In many countries, COVID-19 has suppressed population growth by causing a decline in births, migration and life expectancy.

-Even before the pandemic, urbanization was driving population decline.

 
At the end of May, the Chinese Government announced that parents in China would now be permitted to have up to three children. This announcement came only five years after the stunning reversal of the 1980 one-child policy.

Something is clearly going on.

That something is that China has experienced a fertility collapse. According to the latest census released in May, China is losing roughly 400,000 people every year. China still claims its population is growing, but even if these projections are taken at face value, the population decline previously projected to start by midcentury may now begin as early as 2030. This means China could lose between 600 and 700 million people from its population by 2100.

That’s right: 600 and 700 million people, or about half of its total population today.

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Πηγή: weforum.org