Germany’s birth rate fell to the lowest level in more than a decade last year, adding to concerns about how a shrinking workforce may dent the country’s economic prospects.

Germany’s birth rate fell to the lowest level in more than a decade last year, adding to concerns about how a shrinking workforce may dent the country’s economic prospects.

Figures released Wednesday by the Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB) showed that German women were having 1.36 children on average in fall 2023, compared with 1.57 in 2021.

  • @TingoTengaEnglish
    14•9 months ago

    I agree. The priority implicit in the framing is backwards. It’s kind of fucked up to say “fueling the economy needs babies,” rather than “the economy needs to be adjusted to the falling birthrates.”