Plunging fertility rates are creating problems for Latin America

[PatCake]

Let the Africans in, boom, problem solved

My bags are packed. Colombia here I come

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

dont make shyt so expensive for people to live with that said people just have way more things to do with their lives. I am cool with one and done.

 

[Swirv]

This trend is starting to look irreversible. Women want more opportunities and think having children limits it. Not to mention pregnancy and delivery is a life or death game. Add on how tough it is to raise a child without affordable childcare and how poor it can make you if you’re a single parent.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Not for much longer unfortunately. Southern and northern Africa are nearly at or even below 2 kids. And this new generation in Africa is already starting to show signs that it will follow other countries trends. African women are starting to value careers and education as well, its only a matter of time.

Personally, I don't think that's unfortunate, but whatever it is, until the general African demographic trend slows down, I believe well-managed immigration would alleviate pressures on social security systems until age distributions and Western demographic trends self-correct

 

[Sad Bunny]

Latin Americans are beautiful

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

I call cap

You breathe on a Mexican bytch and she pregnant

Mexican hoes already be single moms at age 21

 

[Mandarin Duck]

The line of single mothers buying hot Cheetos at the grocery store says fertility rates amongst Latinos is just fine.

 

[concise]

This is worldwide.

 

[Ironman]

Kids are expensive and people are broke

 

[King_Kamala61]

Having kids is lame

 

[concise]

Latin America's Fertility Decline is Accelerating. No One's Certain Why.

The unexpected trend, if it continues, may affect politics and budgets for years to come.

www.americasquarterly.org

As recently as 2019, a benchmark study by the United Nations Population Division for 2020 to 2100 forecast that fertility in Latin American and Caribbean countries would stabilize at an average of around 1.75 children per woman in the latter half of this century. Stunningly, except for Mexico, all the countries listed in this graph have already dropped below this level. Uruguay, Costa Rica, Chile, Jamaica, and Cuba now have total fertility rates of around 1.3 children per woman—the so-called “ultra-low fertility” threshold that has only been seen in a handful of European and East Asian countries.