'It's not a nice world out there': Birth rates hit a 50-year low
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Live births in England and Wales are at their lowest since 1977, while the age of first-time mothers has also risen.
  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Fertility rates track the “one map” pretty closely

    Maybe 15 or 20 years ago, but so much anymore. Latin America and South and Southeast Asia have approached 2.0 pretty quickly.

    There are 25 countries left with a TFR over 4.0, and 2 of them are outside Africa. Those two are the most war-torn countries in Asia.