November 15 , 2025
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- A new study has revealed that the world will soon witness a very low fertility rate.
- By 2050, 155 of 204 (76%) countries will be below the replacement level of fertility.
- By 2100 over 97% of countries will have fertility rates below the required percentage.
- The global TFR has reduced to less than half over the past 70 years, from five children per female in 1950 to 2.2 children in 2021.
- While almost half of the world, 110 of 204 countries are below the population replacement level of 2.1 births per female in 2021.
- This is adverse for countries like South Korea and Serbia where the rate is less than 1.1 child for each female.
- In Chad, the TFR of seven births is the highest in the world.
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