Tag: birth rates

France’s Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low

For a long time, France was able to boast of a fertility rate close to 2 children per woman in the 2000s, its fertility rate is now around 1.8.

The Central European Paradox

Twenty years ago, Central Europe had the lowest birth rate in the EU. The region has seen the greatest improvement in recent years. At the same time, female employment is also at its peak, the at-risk-of-poverty rate is much lower, and real earnings are rising steadily.

Italian Minister Warns of “Ethnic Replacement”

“We can’t give in to the idea of ethnic replacement: the Italians are having fewer children and we’re replacing them with someone else. That is not the way,” Francesco Lollobrigida, Italy’s Agriculture Minister said.

Spain: Births in 2021 Sank to New Historic Low 

For the eighth consecutive year, births in Spain declined last year, bringing the number of newly born children to its lowest figure since the government began recording figures 80 years ago.