Governments around the world are grappling with historically low birth rates. Rich countries are employing various incentives to reverse this trend, including direct financial support to new parents. Sweden and Finland have reported their lowest birth rates on record, with Sweden's figures being the lowest since 1749. In the United States, the fertility rate has dropped to its lowest since 1979, reaching 1.64 births per woman in 2023, a 2% decline from 2022. The highest birth rates in the U.S. were among women aged 30-34, while teen birth rates hit a record low. The demographic shift is prompting discussions on immigration policies, as some argue that immigration is essential to sustain economic stability amid declining native populations. The Biden solution has been criticized for focusing on immigration and workforce participation rather than directly addressing fertility rates. Some speculate that pro-baby perks and stimulus may emerge in the 2030s to counteract these trends.
Why do you think global birthrates are plummeting so much? ๐ https://t.co/4vffw0Bip9
๐บ๐ธ BREAKING: U.S BIRTH RATE HITS RECORD LOW U.S. fertility rate has dropped to its lowest since 1979, reaching 1.64 births per woman in 2023, a 2% decline from 2022. Teen birth rates reached a record low, while the highest birth rates were among women aged 30-34. Fertilityโฆ https://t.co/esL1hsLS9A
Given how absolutely fucked global birth rates in high income countries are at this point, if youโre in your early 20s now youโre almost incentivized to hold out given the obvious wave of pro-baby perks/stimulus coming in the 2030s. https://t.co/CtXZHo5VML
Fertility has fallen to all-time record lows. The Biden solution? Force young mothers to work full time and import more immigrants. Absolutely zero consideration given to even trying to raise fertility. https://t.co/cxLDYZT7bK
A critical part of the rich not having to work is depressing your wages with immigration
How do you lower world population without having to pay slaves more? You make life so unaffordable people stop having kids then flood the economy with illegal immigrants lowering the quality of life more Page out of Thomas Malthus
The decision to have children is a personal one and should stay that way. But governments need to pay heed to rapid demographic shiftsโand adapt to baby busts https://t.co/tlz5wxKJxk ๐
The biggest upside of the global low birthrate and fertility phenomenon is that we are much less likely to have war going forward. It will be almost impossible for any developed countries to replace their productive male population if they get into major scale war and lose a bigโฆ
Birth rates COLLAPSING ๐ธ๐ช Sweden just recorded it's lowest birth rate on record since 1749. ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland now also recorded it's lowest birth rate on record. What do you think is causing this?
HOT TAKE: The world economy would be destroyed if we didn't have millions of immigrants entering the United States. 1.7 births per woman. Why buy property, stocks, gold, or hold cash? A collapsing population without immigration is detrimental.
Rich governments around the world are trying every incentive they can think of to reverse low birth rates. Simply putting cash in the pockets of new parents may have the biggest impact https://t.co/6X7RNrsTHX ๐