Europe is facing a potential depopulation catastrophe as birth rates across the continent fall significantly below the necessary 2.1 children per woman required to maintain a stable population. Researchers and reports indicate that this decline could result in 'staggering social change.' Factors contributing to the low birth rates include high cost of living, stagnant wages, urbanization, capitalism, social engineering, and economic worries, which have made marriages and childbearing less feasible. The OECD has highlighted that birth rates have dropped sharply in some of the world's richest states and are likely to stay low. This demographic shift raises concerns about who will pay pensions for the EU's elderly population.
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Birth rates have dropped sharply in some of the world's richest states and are likely to stay low as economic worries leave people weighing the costs of having children, an OECD report has said. https://t.co/Mtev8fIswk
Entire Europe is dying. Not a single country has the required fertility rate (2.1) to maintain its population. This is the result of capitalism and social engineering. High cost of living, stagnant wages, urbanization, hedonism, women having to work etc. have made marriages and… https://t.co/ZRtNwfkfyM
Europe's plummeting birth rate timebomb: To keep a stable population countries need a birth rate of 2.1 babies per woman. The continent faces 'staggering social change', writes SUE REID https://t.co/iEXizstOSf https://t.co/aTEw0CIqgA
🚨🇪🇺EUROPE FACES POTENTIAL DEPOPULATION CATASTROPHE According to researchers, countries need a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman to maintain a stable population. However, in Europe, the figures are far below that and could result in “staggering social change,” according to… https://t.co/duDzX6u4cq