Decades of declining and sub-replacement fertility has caused the U.S. population to age. The total fertility rate is below replacement even after adjusting for the timing in births, an indication ...
Since the Great Recession, the total fertility rate in the United States has fallen far below the level of fertility necessary for natural growth replacement of the population. Much of the recent ...
World sleepwalking towards social upheaval sparked by extended period of falling births, unless urgent action taken ...
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Most of the 94 nations that continue to have above-replacement fertility rates are in North Africa, the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. Some, including Samoa and Papua New Guinea, are in the ...
Since 2013, China has implemented several rounds of progressive adjustments to adapt its population policies to evolving demographic and socioeconomic conditions. In 2021, it announced support for ...
"Severe sub-replacement fertility will be China's greatest economic and social challenge," according to a recent article by veteran demographer James Liang, executive chair of China's online ...