birth rate decline
Shrinking newborn numbers
Birth rate decline is a demographic trend in which fewer babies are born per capita over time.
The phrase appears constantly in discussions of aging populations, pension systems, and economic forecasts: Japan's birth rate decline has led to a shrinking workforce.
Also called declining birth rate or falling fertility rate.
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- baby bustDeclining birthrate period
- agingGrowing older over time
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- population pyramidChart of age distribution
shrinking · demographic · childless · only child · babies · contraception · biological clock · urbanization · workforce · work life balance · pensions · social security · greying · nursing home · families · empty nest · motherhood · empty
- Megatrendsclimate change, globalization, digitalization, AI, decarbonization
- social changecultural shift, social progress, social norms, cultural fusion, globalization
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- generationsbaby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen X, baby boomer