Demography 27, Declining life expectancy in many countries, declining births

I posted this in the viber group Oplas Perspectives. Some worrying trend in declining life expectancy and births.

Meanwhile in Europe...

Fertility rates will see 'dramatic decline' with 97% of countries unable to sustain populations

By Lauren Chadwick. 21/03/2024
https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/03/21/global-infertility-rate-will-cause-a-dramatic-decline-in-population-in-97-of-countries-by-

How Europe can dodge a birth rate hard landing

By Mark John, Anne Kauranen and Gergely Szakacs February 14, 2024

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-europe-can-dodge-birth-rate-hard-landing-2024-02-14/

Germany's birth rate falls to lowest level since 2009

Source: Xinhua. 2024-03-21

https://english.news.cn/20240321/d4d25e331e474d169ebcf3fd502987cc/c.html

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See also:
Demography 24, The Maddison Project data, August 13, 2015 
Demography 25, Ageing societies, Japan's depopulation, December 29, 2015 
Demography 26, Once again on the RH law, August 6, 2016