Birthrate Falls to Record Low in England and Wales With Less Than One and a Half Children Per Woman
The birth rate in England and Wales has fallen to a new low since records began, with the rate falling to just 1.49 per woman in 2022.
The birth rate in England and Wales has fallen to a new low since records began, with the rate falling to just 1.49 per woman in 2022.
ROME, Italy — Pope Francis once again voiced his concern for Europe’s demographic winter on Saturday, urging Italians to have more children.
The number of births in France has fallen to its lowest level since the Second World War in a grim indicator of Western demographic collapse.
The French birth rate has declined to such an extent that the birth-to-death ratio is now nearly equal, the lowest level since World War II.
Pope Francis issued a dire warning Wednesday, insisting that Europe is in a serious crisis due to its demographic winter and the loss of its Christian roots.
Italy’s birth rate has dropped to its lowest level ever, fueling concerns for the nation’s demographic and economic future.
Italy’s plummeting and aging population has put the country at the forefront of a global demographic trend dubbed the “silver tsunami,” the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Pope Francis for the first time Tuesday, with the nation’s serious demographic problems front and center in their discussions.
More people died in The Netherlands than were born in 2022, according to the nation’s official statistician revealed this week.
Rather than implementing policies to foster families, the UK is considering creating a “rural visa” to incentivise migration to rural areas.
Pope Francis urged Westerners to be more open to immigration Thursday, insisting that it is a necessary antidote to the West’s “demographic winter.”
Pope Francis told industrial leaders Monday that having children is a matter of patriotism given Europe’s dramatic falling birthrate.
Germany is experiencing population growth despite the proportion of people aged 15 to 25 having fallen to just one in ten nationwide.
Pope Francis warned Wednesday that today’s throwaway culture cancels the elderly, keeping them out of sight to avoid having to deal with them.
Pope Francis decried falling birthrates in the Western world Thursday, calling the demographic drop a new form of “generative poverty.”
Pope Francis warned again of Europe’s “demographic winter” on Friday, caused by a dangerously low birthrate far beneath replacement levels.
Pope Francis lamented Italy’s plummeting birthrate Sunday, calling the situation a “tragedy” on the day the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family.
The birthrate of Italian citizens fell to a record low in 2020, with the country recording just 1.17 births per woman.
Spain’s birthrate declined by over five per cent during 2020, further reducing the already low birthrate in the country, while the mortality rate jumped nearly 18 per cent.
Contrary to other billionaires like Bill Gates, Elon Musk has warned population decline will be the death of civilization.
The Chairman of the German Board of the Federal Employment Agency has claimed that Germany needs at least 400,000 migrants to arrive per year to fill gaps in the labour market.
Over 750,000 Italians have signed a petition for a public referendum on legalizing euthanasia, guaranteeing its presence in the next national elections, local media reported this week.
Pope Francis decried Italy’s “demographic winter” Friday, lamenting that it has the lowest birthrate in Europe, a continent already known for its low natality.
Pope Francis urged Italians to halt the nation’s “demographic winter” by having more children, in an appeal for Italy’s Day for Life Sunday.
French presidential candidates are making the topic of birthrates a campaign issue for next year’s election after a report revealed 2020 had one of the lowest numbers of births in decades.
The European Commission has vowed to tackle the problem of the European Union’s demographic decline as 2019 saw the second year in a row where deaths outnumbered births in the political bloc.
According to new figures, Italy has seen a historically low birthrate in 2018, as the number of foreigners in the country has increased to nearly 9 per cent of the total population.
Pope Francis told Bulgaria’s leaders Sunday that the country shares in Europe’s “demographic winter” that reflects a lack of confidence in the future.
Hungary has offered a model to the West of how to effectively address the widespread demographic crisis, writes Catholic University of America theology professor Chad Pecknold.
Pope Francis had strong words for couples who choose not to have children, saying Tuesday that their self-imposed barrenness was at the root of the demographic winter plaguing the West.
The population of Greece is dropping at a rate that has analysts worried about the country’s future as the fertility rate is well below replacement levels and significant brain drain exists.
Nations do not build themselves, they “are built by migrants, just as migrants built Europe,” Pope Francis told a group of missionaries this week.
The U.S. birthrate hit a historic low in 2017, well below replacement levels, a phenomenon that Vox is touting as “a sign of progress.”
Pope Francis told Italian bishops Monday that his greatest concern is Europe’s vocational crisis, with fewer and fewer young men and women entering the priesthood and consecrated life.