Mastodawn

📻 Speaking about the latest Office for National Statistics #fertility data release yesterday, CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham discussed the #economic and #social factors affecting #birth rates globally and nationally with Evan Davies on #BBC Radio 4 PM - listen from 05:19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002hkt7

#birthrates #ons #lowfertility #fallingbirthrates #family #sociology #migration #socialscience #demography #population

PM - The fertility rate in England and Wales falls to a new record low - BBC Sounds

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen again to a new record low.

BBC

Richard Ashwell Aug 8

After the Spike and the Myth of Depopulation

After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso focuses on #depopulation, but its arguments are built on shaky ground, stirring up fear, rather than focusing on the facts. What’s more troubling is the authors don’t disclose their funding from Elon #Musk, who has frequently made headlines with his concern over low #BirthRates. Here we’ll break down the flaws in their arguments.

https://populationmatters.org/news/2025/08/after-the-spike-and-the-myth-of-depopulation/

#population

After the Spike and the Myth of Depopulation - Population Matters

After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso focuses on depopulation, but its arguments are built on shaky ground, stirring up fear, rather than focusing on the facts. Here we’ll break down the flaws in their arguments.

Population Matters

Japan Aug 8

Japan records nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024 as country’s natality continues to plummet

Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys be…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #asia #babies #Birthrates #childcare #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #worldnews
https://www.alojapan.com/1341281/japan-records-nearly-1-million-more-deaths-than-births-in-2024-as-countrys-natality-continues-to-plummet/

Alo Japan Aug 8

https://www.alojapan.com/1341281/japan-records-nearly-1-million-more-deaths-than-births-in-2024-as-countrys-natality-continues-to-plummet/ Japan records nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024 as country’s natality continues to plummet #asia #babies #BirthRates #childcare #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #WorldNews Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys began nearly six decades ago. In 2009, Japan’s population peaked at around 126.6 millio

Jason Yip Jul 26

Fears that falling #BirthRates in #US could lead to #PopulationCollapse are based on faulty assumptions https://theconversation.com/fears-that-falling-birth-rates-in-us-could-lead-to-population-collapse-are-based-on-faulty-assumptions-261031

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

The Conversation

Kathy Bryson Jul 25

My inner geek loves crunching #numbers! 🤣

Fears that falling #birthrates in US could lead to #population collapse are based on faulty assumptions https://theconversation.com/fears-that-falling-birth-rates-in-us-could-lead-to-population-collapse-are-based-on-faulty-assumptions-261031

#statistics #research #dataanalysis #multipleperspectives #criticalthinking

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

The Conversation

Maggie Maybe Jul 24

This is so interesting and upsetting. Based on the title I thought it would be some QAnon nonsense but from the blue team, but this is a fantastic piece.

It features racism, pedophilia, the birth rates, and the “patents rights” crap.

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-talk-about-pedocon-theory/

#pedocon #ParentsRights #BirthRates #WomensRights

We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory

The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

Liberal Currents

Japan Jul 22

Why a far-right party in Japan made big gains

TOKYO — A fringe far-right populist party Sanseito was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with “Japanese First” platform that included calling for toug…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #123953284 #article #Birthrates #business #elections #gender #generalnews #Governmentprograms #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #politics #worldnews
https://www.alojapan.com/1327646/why-a-far-right-party-in-japan-made-big-gains/

Alo Japan Jul 22

https://www.alojapan.com/1327646/why-a-far-right-party-in-japan-made-big-gains/ Why a far-right party in Japan made big gains #123953284 #article #BirthRates #business #elections #gender #GeneralNews #GovernmentPrograms #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #politics #WorldNews TOKYO — A fringe far-right populist party Sanseito was one of the biggest winners in the weekend’s upper house election, attracting many voters with “Japanese First” platform that included calling for tougher restrictions on foreigners a

Centre for Population Change Jul 11

🌐 As we mark #WorldPopulationDay2025, find out more about recent CPC-CG #fertility and #family research providing insights and policy evidence under this year's #UnitedNations theme:

"Empowering #youngpeople to create the #families they want in a fair and hopeful world"

Read the full story - with plenty of further reading material to get your teeth into: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?action=story&id=842

#demography #populationstudies #familyformation #fertilitydecline #birthrates #fallingbirthrates #socialscience