Birth Rates Are Plummeting in Most Nations, And The World Isn’t Prepared
By JESS COCKERILL, Science Alert
Human birth rates will continue to drop drastically over the coming century, and within just 25 years, over two-thirds of countries’ populations will be in decline.
That’s the finding of a new study published in The Lancet. The extensive team of international scientists behind the paper warns that governments must prepare for the massive changes we will face in the coming decades, as a result of these changes to global population patterns.