Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born

https://www.bbc.com ^ | 7/15/2020 | By James Gallagher

[RomanSoldier19]

The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which is set to have a "jaw-dropping" impact on societies, say researchers.

Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century.

And 23 nations - including Spain and Japan - are expected to see their populations halve by 2100.

Countries will also age dramatically, with as many people turning 80 as there are being born.

What is going on? The fertility rate - the average number of children a woman gives birth to - is falling.

If the number falls below approximately 2.1, then the size of the population starts to fall.

In 1950, women were having an average of 4.7 children in their lifetime.

Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation showed the global fertility rate nearly halved to 2.4 in 2017 - and their study, published in the Lancet, projects it will fall below 1.7 by 2100.

[aquila48]

Not in Africa!

[Steve Van Doorn]

""If these predictions are even half accurate, migration will become a necessity for all nations and not an option.”"

It should be the primary reason to LESS immigration to the country in order to keep the culture

[RomanSoldier19]

[olivia3boys]

In Israel last fall I noticed TONS of Israelis with huge, huge families—lots of little children.

Jews in Israel has figured it out. Have lots of kids and inherit the earth. Or at least have half a chance against the Palestinians. Fun to make them, fairly fun to raise them. . .they make life rich. I had 4 so I’ve done my part :)

[SmokingJoe]

I never take any prediction of what the world will be like in 80 years seriously. Nobody even knew we were going to have our lives turned upside down by same fake "pandemic" just a year ago.
In 1968, the best-seller “The Population Bomb,” written by Paul and Anne Ehrlich (but credited solely to Paul) warned of the perils of overpopulation: mass starvation, societal upheaval, environmental deterioration.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Easy solution: Import third-world breeders.

[SmokingJoe]

Interesting list.
But don’t take any prediction of what the world will be like in 2100 seriously. It will be wildly off by several factors.

[roadcat]

Jews in Israel has figured it out. Have lots of kids and inherit the earth.

I watched an interesting series on Netflix, called "Unorthodox" about a New York Hasidic community. I didn't know anything about them prior to watching, and it surprised me that their women are told to have lots of kids, that it is their mission to repopulate the Jewish community. So many Jews killed in the past, so few remaining to rebuild the populace. I would like to visit Israel but the situation with the Palestinian threat are holding me back from doing so.

[freebilly]

Clones....

[who_would_fardels_bear]

First the article claims that encouraging mass migration, as is being done now in Western Europe and the US, will only work for so long because soon every country will be losing population...

But then they claim "If these predictions [regarding declining birth rates] are even half accurate, migration will become a necessity for all nations and not an option."

So basically while populations are rising and when populations decline we need to encourage folks from the Turd World to plop into the First World punchbowl.

The elite are just plain scum.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Despite its benefits over all other economic systems, it appears that capitalism is ultimately a pyramid scheme. We need an ever larger group of suckers coming in at the bottom to become mindless wage slaves and consumers in order to feed the Platinum Level folks at the top.

I don't think we're supposed to point this out, and certainly the MSM doesn't seem to want to.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I read an article where it said that by 2100 the Amish will be a significant percentage of the US population for similar reasons.

They'll have to duke it out with the Mormons.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The chart suggests this is already happening: the mass migration of Turdworlders into Europe and America is resulting in a bump up in fertility rates.

Probably also a bump up in imbecility rates as well.

[olivia3boys]

Israel is great to visit! Yes but in between the “tension” times. I even visited the West Bank, Golan Heights (great wine up there BTW), and saw the border of Syria (chilling).

Now that there is a fence (a wall) suicide bombings in Israel are more rare.

Go see Tel Aviv, Jerusalem (spend DAYS there), the desert, the Dead Sea, the Jordan River, Cesarea Maritime, the Galilee. . .amazing holy place.

[Fresh Wind]

And finally, last, but probably not at all least: Can’t put down the cellular phone long enough to have sex. . .

iSex?

[Long Jon No Silver]

Guess where the highest fertlity rate in the world is. Gaza. The ragheads will be producing muslims by the truck load whilst the West commits demographic suicide

[dp0622]

Then I’m in luck :)

Reading articles like this make me fear death less :)

if biden won, i would welcome it with open arms

[SmokingJoe]

Elon Musk has got it all sorted. Self driving trucks and cars plus robots will do pretty much everything according to his projections, eliminating the need for higher populations and more workers.
So a big part of the population will not have much of anything to do and will be paid a universal basic income.
So low fertility rates, low population, no problem. According to Musk anyways. :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L054Xd97_rk

[jmacusa]

Palestinians breed like rats.

[11th_VA]

The Amish are the future ...