Europe’s most populous country sees fertility rates fall below crucial threshold of 1.4

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Three more EU member states — including the most populous, Germany — have joined the list of countries with “ultra-low” fertility rates, highlighting the extent of the region’s demographic challenges.

Official statistics show Germany’s birth rate fell to 1.35 children per woman in 2023, below the UN’s “ultra-low” threshold of 1.4 — characterising a scenario where falling birth rates become tough to reverse.

Estonia and Austria also passed under the 1.4 threshold, joining the nine EU countries — including Spain, Greece and Italy — that in 2022 had fertility rates below 1.4 children per woman.

  • cornshark@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    Aren’t the people having the most kids, like, dirt poor subsistence farmers in third world countries? If no money = no kids I’d expect the opposite trend.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      32·
      3 days ago

      Yes and owner class are also having most kids too;)

      But we are talking about working people in the oecd countries.