Because younger couples are putting off having children til later in life as well as having fewer children when they do. It’s a multifaceted issue with no one single cause.
Meanwhile the Boomers are finally hitting the end stages of life.
Having children is optional.
Dying is not.
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Sadly this is already out of date – my country is shown as more births than deaths but it has now flipped
binary positive/negative seems like a missed opportunity, there is a lot more to unpack
Expect this map to become significantly less blue in the future, as the older (and more numerous) generations begin to die everywhere.
The countries in orange are not outliers, they are just ahead of the curve.
Because exponentially wealthy folks are squeezing every human alive to extract every penny they can. No money left for procreation.
https://preview.redd.it/pd44uit3y86h1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=102d72771fb9fb8e91a9c5427402288465011e55
Why binarize? The below is from 2018 and still better than the binary 2023.
Natural annual increase in population per 1,000 people, from the [CIA World Factbook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_World_Factbook), 2025.
From:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rate_of_natural_increase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rate_of_natural_increase)
EDIT: I’ve replaced it with the 2025 version.
Because younger couples are putting off having children til later in life as well as having fewer children when they do. It’s a multifaceted issue with no one single cause.
Meanwhile the Boomers are finally hitting the end stages of life.
Having children is optional.
Dying is not.