Should we panic about plummeting birthrates?

In a special edition marking the start of a new season, we dive into an issue increasingly alarming governments around the world: a global decline in birthrates. A recent joint study by UNFPA and YouGov — spanning 14 countries and covering 37 percent of the world’s population — reveals a stark trend: fertility rates have dropped below 2.1 births per woman in over half of the nations surveyed. That’s the critical threshold needed to maintain population levels without immigration.