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The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) unveiled its State of the World Population report on Tuesday. Roughly 40 percent of respondents cited economic barriers as the main reason for having fewer children than they would like. Fertility rates have fallen to below 2.1 births per woman in more than half of all countries that took part in the survey. On the flip side, life expectancy continues to grow across almost all regions of the world, according to the survey conducted in 14 countries that are home to one-third of the UNFPA surveyed 14,000 people from four countries in Europe, four in Asia, three in Africa and three in the Americas. They were picked to represent countries with different cultural contexts, fertility rates and policy approaches. South Korea, which is included in the study, has the lowest fertility rate in the world. Nigeria has one of the highest birth rates in the world. The other countries included, in order of population size, are India, the US, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Thailand, South Africa, Italy, Morocco, Sweden and Hungary. Clearly, immigrants can fill labour market gaps, and there is evidence they contribute to economic growth. UNFPA warns against simplistic and coercive responses to falling birth rates. Falling fertility poses a threat to future prosperity because it increases fiscal pressures due to ageing populations. "Governments may need to tax working people more or take on more debt," Wisniowski noted.

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I love how after years of ignoring what people say when asked about a thing that they can spend millions of dollars and months of time "discovering" what normal everyday people on the street have been saying the whole time.