'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates
There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers.
Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.
The researchers said the findings were a "huge surprise".
And there would be profound consequences for societies with "more grandparents than grandchildren".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:23PM
Technically, in the circles that study these things, it is the total fertility rate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate [wikipedia.org]