• Bakachu@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    To give some perspective, North Korea currently has about the same fertility rate as the US.

    Per the article, North Korea’s fertility rate is 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014. Meanwhile, the US has been on a slow increase with its TFR over the last few years - 1.782 in 2022 and 1.784 in 2023. Interestingly, older women are contributing to the increase over younger women.

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        11 months ago

        Good point - and it’s an important distinction. Immigrants in the US usually have higher birth rates than native-born. Of course no one is allowed to emigrate from North Korea but that most likely contributes to their net decline.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah it’s difficult to have kids when you and your spouse can barely afford a one bedroom apartment together, people have longer debt payoff periods now due to the skyrocketing rate of education. That needs to be taken care of before you incur the debt that a child leads to.

        Cars, housing, education have all become insanely overpriced and it’s seriously slowing down how quickly people can start families of their own.

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          If people waited until they’re student loans we’re paid off. A whole lot of them would be waiting till they are 60. Myself included.