Impact Of Falling Birth Rates

28th September 2021

In the past few decades, there has been a dramatic decline in global birth rates, with many developed economies seeing their birth rate fall well below the ‘replacement ratio' of 2.1 - meaning that their population will be set to decline in future years. Italy gives a stark warning of the impact of a low birth rate - with its population set to fall from 61 million in 2017 to 28 million by 2100. This kind of population decline will have major impacts on society, the economy, tax revenues, and available workers.

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