population
In 2022, the number of live births in the European Union reached its lowest level since 1960, according to the latest available data. That year, only 3.88 million babies were born in the EU, marking the first time the figure fell below 4 million. The fertility rate also declined, nearing levels last seen two decades ago. The EU had one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, defined as the number of live births per woman. How do fertility rates compare across different parts of Europe? And how has the fertility rate change in Europe compared to the rest of the world? There has been a downw...
Euronews (English)
By Nidhi Jacob Social media platforms are rife with misleading claims suggesting that the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee's working paper states a 7.8% decline in the Hindu population and a 43% rise in the Muslim population between 1950 and 2015. Additionally, multiple posts on X have amplified this claim with communal undertones. BOOM found that the figures in the claims have been cherry-picked to exaggerate the growth of the Muslim population while overlooking the declining trend in growth and fertility rates among all religious groups in recent decades. (Archive link) (Archive ...
BOOM Live
Le taux de natalité de l'Italie est l'un des plus bas de l'UE et le pays vieillit à un rythme beaucoup plus rapide que les autres pays européens. La résolution de la crise est l'une des principales politiques du gouvernement et l'une des principales priorités de l'agenda européen du parti politique d'extrême droite Fratelli d'Italia. Des États généraux sur deux jours organisés à Rome ont permis de débattre de ce qui est décrit comme une urgence nationale trans-partisane. Une brève interruption par un groupe de jeunes activistes qui ont attaqué les mesures anti-avortement du gouvernement montre...
Euronews (French)
Italy has long had one of the lowest birth rates in the EU, and the country is ageing at a much faster rate than other member states, and it appears to be getting worse. According to government statistics, the average number of children per Italian woman has dropped from 1.24 in 2022 to 1.2 in 2023. Experts say that if the country's population crisis continues, Italy’s population of 59 million could fall by almost 1 million by 2030. And the effects of the crisis are already being felt, with the ageing of the population causing problems for Italy's healthcare and pension systems. Addressing the...
Euronews (English)
La population mondiale va chuter d'ici 2050, estime une équipe de chercheurs de l'Université de Washington dans une étude publiée par la revue The Lancet00550-6/fulltext). Elle estime que les taux de natalité mondiaux diminuent à tel point que dans 25 ans, les trois quarts des pays du monde n'auront pas assez d'enfants pour renouveler leur population. Pour le professeur Melinda Mills, de l'université d'Oxford, cela n'est peut-être pas une mauvaise chose : "Quand je prends du recul, en tant que démographe, je me demande si nous devons maintenir la taille de notre population. Il y a tellement de...
Euronews (French)
Italy’s ageing problem is starting to take a toll on the country’s world-famous ‘dolce vita’. The country’s growing number of pensioners isn’t nearly matched by the number of newborns, and efforts by Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government to boost birth rates have so far failed to turn the tide on Italy's demographic decline. According to the latest data from Eurostat, Italy is the oldest country in the European Union, with an average median age of above 48. Together with Portugal, Italy has the highest percentage of residents older than 65 at 24%. That's roughly one in four. This increase ref...
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A Korean construction company is paying its workers almost €70,000 every time they have a baby in the hopes it helps to tackle the country’s low birthrate problem. The company has already paid a total of €4.8 million in a lump sum to employees who have given birth to children since 2021, including two families with two kids who received €138,000 each at a New Year’s staff meeting earlier this month. "If the current state of low birthrates persists, we will face a national existential crisis such as workforce decline and a lack of defence manpower necessary for national security," said Joong-ke...
Euronews (English)
Le problème du vieillissement de la population italienne commence à peser sur la "dolce vita", célèbre dans le monde entier. Le nombre croissant de retraités est loin d'être compensé par le nombre de nouveaux-nés. Les efforts déployés par le gouvernement de droite de Giorgia Meloni pour stimuler les taux de natalité n'ont pas encore permis d'inverser la tendance au déclin démographique de l'Italie. Selon les dernières données d'Eurostat, l'Italie est le pays le plus âgé de l'Union européenne, la moitié de la population ayant actuellement un âge médian moyen supérieur à 48 ans. Avec le Portugal...
Euronews (French)
By Sk Badiruddin
BOOM Live
Geneva (AFP) - Rather than fixating on the impact of the world's soaring population, the world should look at women's reproductive rights to shore up "demographic resilience," the UN said Wednesday. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) -- the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency -- acknowledged there was widespread anxiety over the size of the world's population, which is expected to peak at around 10.4 billion during the 2080s. But the UNFPA said the focus should be on giving women more power to control when and how they have children. "The question is: 'Can everyone exercise thei...
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