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    5. tanknav on

      For reference, the replacement rate to maintain population levels is 2.1 births per woman.

    6. capt_jazz on

      The differences right across country borders is insane. Do we think those are real?

    7. LadyMillennialFalcon on

      Interesting, you can see how countries that have struggled financially these last decade tend to be the ones having fewer babies

    8. MajorHubbub on

      UK still exists in Europe thanks.

      >The total fertility rate (TFR) in England and Wales dropped to 1.44 children per woman, its lowest value since records began in 1938; Wales and the North West of England experienced the largest declines in TFR compared with 2022.

      https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/birthsummarytablesenglandandwales/2023

      Edit. We are so back

      https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2024/10/09/arrangement-marks-a-new-era-of-statistical-cooperation-with-eurostat/

    10. Zontromm on

      so, every major city with a significantly large immigrant population has a higher birth rate

      interesting

    12. DirectorLarge2461 on

      French really is the language of love. 
      The high unemployment rate in Spain might be an indicator for what to expect with birthrates worldwide if automation takes over.  
      Maybe there’s much more to it.

    13. bolygocsira on

      Something feels off. How can Bulgaria show such bright colors if it’s one of the most rapidly declining populations in Europe and according to Wikipedia its TFR was 1.58 in 2021?

    14. Jaxxlack on

      So from what I’ve seen today Europeans and south Koreans need to get busy lol.

    16. TheSimkis on

      As Lithuanian I thought that the situation is similarly bad basically everywhere though now I’m not sure if I should be happy or envious that we are basically the worst one

    18. HesCrazyLikeAFool on

      Why would turkey be listed but not Ukraine, the Uk, Bosnia-herzegovina, Belarus, Moldova, Russia

    19. tokcliff on

      B b but, japan????

      Isnt it hilarious how europeans seemingly love to rag on japan’s tfr when they have it worse lol. And that’s with the “relaxed working culture”

    20. kilgoar on

      Anyone have a hypothesis for why countries like Italy and Spain have lower birth rates than Germany and the Nordics states? My guess would be they’d have higher rates by being predominately catholic (with emphasis on families and restriction on birth control)

    23. Simple_Jellyfish23 on

      Now overlay it with quality of life metrics and see the same map.

    26. frokta on

      We can barely sustain clean water in most of the populated world. There are plastics in every living being, and corner of planet, greenhouse gases are nearly at prehistoric levels because we can’t seem to control our consumption, but… if only we were having more babies to keep our economies going. -_-

    27. worksafe_Joe on

      Does this mean spain is welcoming of expats from other countries right now?

    28. afoogli on

      In a generation the demographics and religion in these regions will vary wildly. Italy’s demographics will be primarily immigrant for those under 30

    29. debtmagnet on

      I’m surprised that there are such large differences between regions directly across national borders. Common understanding of birth rate trends is that they are influenced less by national policies, and more a factor of cultural norms such as female educational attainment and workforce participation. One would expect that cultural norms would be somewhat contiguous across European borders, given many years of Schengen zone integration.

    32. Tomm1998 on

      Yet another statistic where the UK of is magically removed from the continent of Europe.

    33. NeedleworkerSilly192 on

      The highest Birth Rate in Europe has been consistently Ireland, followed by the UK and France during the last 20 years. Then Another group composed mainly by the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands. All the rest have lower birth rates. More impressive is Germany that despite being the country that has absorbed the largest amount of foreigners in the last 25 years still has a much lower birth rate, might be that nearly all those foreigners are unaccompanied young men.. lol

      Also, why including turkey, when only 3% of turkey is within Europe.. the rest is Asia.

    34. barsknos on

      Norway now has a birth rate about 1.4, it has gone down significantly the last 5 years (not from 2.1, but more like 1.7+). Anyhow, this birthrate means our sovereign wealth fund, which is absurdly large on a per capita basis, is expected to go empty in 50-60 years. Some European countries have had 1.4 birth rate for 50 years.

      I think the ride is about to stop.