Fertility rates in East Asia are plummeting at an alarming pace. Recent data highlight that Korea and Hong Kong SAR are among the most impacted, with their total fertility rates (TFR) – a measure indicating the average number of children a woman would give birth to during her lifetime – sinking to
  • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
    34·
    1 year ago

    Stop population decline? These articles are ubsurd. There are too many people on the planet, this will be a good thing overall for species and the rest of life in earth. Unfortunately, it may not have happened soon enough.

    • tintory@lemm.eeOP
      62·
      1 year ago

      The article talks about a study showing that housing prices won’t be affordable for current generations and express it’s a bad thing because of it hurts those generations causing a rise of mental illness and unmet family goals

      How is that absurd?

      • cnnrduncan@beehaw.org
        31·
        1 year ago

        Additionally, declining populations carry some other serious issues for countries. The problem with the planet isn’t the number of people, it’s the wasteful lifestyles so many of us live.