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20 mar 2024 · When the fertility rate falls below the replacement level, populations begin to shrink. The new analysis estimates that 46% of countries had a fertility rate below replacement level in 2021.
14 lip 2020 · Why are fertility rates falling? It has nothing to do with sperm counts or the usual things that come to mind when discussing fertility. Instead it is being driven by more women in...
Fertility rates have declined by half in OECD countries over the past 60 years, posing the risk of population decline and serious economic and social challenges for future generations, according to a new OECD report.
21 mar 2024 · Falling fertility rates in most countries over the next quarter century will drive a global demographic shift that will have a far-reaching social and economic impact, according to a new study.
20 mar 2024 · The analysis suggests that concerted efforts to fast-track access to modern contraceptives and female education—the two key drivers of fertility—could help accelerate declines in fertility and reduce birth rates in higher-fertility nations.
This topic page focuses on the fertility rate — formally known as the “total fertility rate” (TFR) — a metric that is expressed in the number of children per woman, and summarizes fertility rates across all age groups in one particular year.
23 lut 2024 · In the developing world, fertility rates are still above the “wanted rate” — an estimate of what the fertility rate would be if all unwanted births were avoided — according to data compiled...
