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People's Reaction to Birth Rates be like: (lemmy.today)
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[–] the_strange@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Here's a visualization of the birth rates of Japan, Poland and Germany against those of South Korea:
https://georank.org/birth-rate/japan/south-korea
https://georank.org/birth-rate/poland/south-korea
https://georank.org/birth-rate/germany/south-korea

Japan and Poland have been stable, maybe slightly declining, since the early 2000s, and Germany has been stable for 50, all below replacement, whereas South Korea is still going down.

I am no demographic expert, so take this with a grain of salt, but for the moment it doesn't look like the other countries are going to hit the same problems at the same severity anytime soon whereas South Korea is going to get hit by the full force of their demographic issues within a few short decades.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 1 hour ago

Japan and Poland have been stable, maybe slightly declining, since the early 2000s

I just checked Poland and it's not what they are reporting:

https://forsal.pl/gospodarka/demografia/artykuly/9811360,gus-potwierdza-to-rekord-dzietnosc-spadla-nizej-niz-kiedykolwiek-wcz.html

Number of births:

Birthrate:

Systematically falling for the last 10 years. Yes, it was better before that but experts say it doesn't look like stopping anytime soon. But I guess we'll see.

Those are data from GUS, the official statistics bureau of Poland.

[–] stenAanden@feddit.dk 1 points 2 hours ago

I am truly convinced after seeing line go down.