World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says

bbc ^ | 06/10/2025 | Stephanie Hegarty

[BenLurkin]

[aMorePerfectUnion]

cough, cough... VAX ... cough, cough!

[Carry_Okie]

Except in Muslim countries.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

But they still promote abortion.

[woodbutcher1963]

Yes, that will make it even worse.
However, it started long before Covid-19.

Japan has millions of empty houses. They do not allow immigration.

South Korea has one of the worst aging population.

Italy is literally selling homes for $1Euro in a lot of the smaller rural villages. I subscribe to a couple YouTube realtor Italy channels. Even in Tuscany you can buy estates for less than HALF the price they were once worth. No, you will not find any deals on the Amalfi coast.

China recently admitted that their population dropped from 1.5 Billion to 1.4 Billion. That .1 is 100 million less Chinamen. Also, they are mostly MEN. The One Child Policy has left China with MILLIONS of young men who will NEVER have a wife. There are just not enough to go around.

[JimRed]

As many of us predicted when vaccine ill effects were first noticed…

[Arkansas Toothpick]

Everyone is now raising dogs instead of having kids. I see it all over the place. In 50 years, there will be a lot of sad, pathetic old people who have no one to visit them.

[JimRed]

“The One Child Policy has left China with MILLIONS of young men who will NEVER have a wife. There are just not enough to go around.”

With a majority of their marriageable young men being gone at the hands of the Russian invaders, those lovely Ukrainian girls who seem to find my inbox should start advertising in China.

[rbg81]

This is horrible. I want to be part of the solution.

Where can I volunteer to help out??? :-)

[rbg81]

“The One Child Policy has left China with MILLIONS of young men who will NEVER have a wife. There are just not enough to go around.”

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Perhaps. But its hard to have too much sympathy. In China (and much of East Asia), a woman who is 27 or older is considered too old to marry. Personally, I think women aged 27-32 are still in their prime.

[rightwingcrazy]

Decades ago, I read forecasts predicting that world population growth would reverse around the year 2030. It was considered a good thing, considering the alternative.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Line them up....

[rbg81]

Japan has millions of empty houses. They do not allow immigration.

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Japan should stick to this policy. I think mass migration will only increase their problems while providing no real benefits. Their population might indeed increase, but it won’t be due to native Japanese.

[woodbutcher1963]

I don’t think those Chinese men have the same access to the internet that we do here in the USA. If they did, I am sure that those “Ukrainian” ladies would be advertising to them too!

[rbg81]

Except in Muslim countries.

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Pretty sure it also hits Muslim countries, but so far much less hard than the West and East Asia.

Right now, I think SubSaharan Africa has the only nations well above the replacement rate. And even there, the birthrates are declining.

I do agree that a stable population of 1B or so humans might be better for the planet. But there are lots of Leftists who are outright rooting for total human extinction.

[Robert DeLong]

Isn’t that what the U.N. wanted? These liberally oriented troupes never remember what their goals were, so that they are not blamed for their mistakes, which are numerous..

[Frank Drebin]

I tend to agree with those who believe China has far, far less than 1.4 billion people. But then again, China wouldn’t lie about anything...would they?

[delta7]

MRNA kills, disables and sterilizes.

[rktman]

Uh, that’s how it works. Ebb and flow.