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posted by mrpg on Friday November 16 2018, @02:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-so-many-men-are-having-children-either dept.

'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".


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @02:23PM (#762695)

    Technically, in the circles that study these things, it is the total fertility rate.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate [wikipedia.org]