Germany Hit With Alarming Report on Collapsing Birth Rate [Video]

After several years of growth, German birth rates have had a “massive” decline, a new analysis reveals, although fertility rates are not equal across the country.

Between 2011 and 2016, fertility rates across Germany rose from 1.38 to 1.59 children per woman. This, according to the Federal Statistical Office, was a result of better framework conditions for families with children and immigration.

However, in 2022, fertility rates dropped 8 percent, compared with the previous year, and they fell a further 7 percent in 2023, down to only 1.35 children per woman.

Provisional data for the first quarter of 2024 shows a continuation of this trend. So what is driving this crash in birth rates?

“The coronavirus crisis, the outbreak of war in Ukraine, and the subsequent drop in real income due to high inflation have clearly prompted many young families to put off having children for the time being,” Joachim …