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.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
    61·
    3 days ago

    Aber bitte erst um einen Kindergartenplatz bewerben, bevor man in Betracht zieht, ein Kind zu bekommen!

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
    43·
    3 days ago

    Western regimes hate their domestic populations so much that they see no point to create a world where these wagies would want to procreate.

    The thing is most people want kids but between economic and social conditionsz it is just a bad decision at best or straight ticket into poverty and misery.

    While Germany has decent policies, they are being erroded aggressively as with other countries

    Boomers really did build a brave new world for us, sold out their own children to the rich as slabe labour so they can live their best lives.

    It is always a class wae but what we got is a strong generational element across the west.

    • cornshark@lemmy.world
      3·
      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
        22·
        3 days ago

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

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

    • SubArcticTundra
      1·
      3 days ago

      Is it truly a means problem in Germany or is it a cultural decision?

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        14·
        3 days ago

        The regime wants everyone to believe it is a “cultural” decision. I don’t buy that narrative. In US there is clearly desire to have kids for majority but most people are opting out due to socio economic conditions same in other angle countries.

        I am willing to take risk to assume it is the same in germnay.

        truly a means problem in Germany

        This implies that Germans have no money issues?

        US is wealthiest country in the world and most people are objectively poor here but they they got got their iphones 🤡