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    fertility rates

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    n. pl.Noun (plural)The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates through her lifetime, and if she were to survive from birth until the end of her reproductive life.
    The fertility rates in many European countries are below replacement level.

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    The 11 Greatest Threats To Humanity

    04:11The 11 Greatest Threats To Humanity
    • Conversely, evidence is already pointing to declining fertility rates.

      Conversely, evidence is already pointing to declining fertility rates.

    • already pointing to declining fertility rates.

      already pointing to declining fertility rates.

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    Everyone is freaking out about this graph

    09:39Everyone is freaking out about this graph
    • So demographers agree that to deal with the imbalance in fertility rates around the world, we need to increase the amount of immigration that is happening.

      So demographers agree that to deal with the imbalance in fertility rates around the world, we need to increase the amount of immigration that is happening.

    • So demographers agree that to deal with the imbalance in fertility rates around the world, we need to increase the amount of immigration that is happening.

      So demographers agree that to deal with the imbalance in fertility rates around the world, we need to increase the amount of immigration that is happening.

    B1

    SOUTH KOREA IS OVER

    14:47SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
    • And fertility rates are still falling with no sign of stabilization or recovery.

      And fertility rates are still falling with no sign of stabilization or recovery.

    • And fertility rates are still falling with no sign of stabilisation or recovery.

      And fertility rates are still falling with no sign of stabilisation or recovery.

    B1

    Why The U.S. Government Can’t Convince Americans To Have Kids

    11:38Why The U.S. Government Can’t Convince Americans To Have Kids
    • America's fertility rates are hovering around historic lows, with approximately 1.6 births per woman over her lifetime.

      America's fertility rates are hovering around historic lows, with approximately 1.6 births per woman over her lifetime.

    • America's fertility rates are hovering around historic lows, with approximately 1.6 births per woman over her lifetime.

      America's fertility rates are hovering around historic lows, with approximately 1.6 births per woman over her lifetime.

    B1

    Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?)

    43:22Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?)
    • the difference in death rates is much smaller than the difference in fertility rates.  So

      the difference in death rates is much smaller than the difference in fertility rates.  So

    • And the fact is that the difference in death rates is much smaller than the difference in fertility rates.

      And the fact is that the difference in death rates is much smaller than the difference in fertility rates.

    B1

    nOboDy wAnTs tO HaVe kIdS AnyMore

    11:18nOboDy wAnTs tO HaVe kIdS AnyMore
    • Now, everybody from politicians across the political spectrum to your weird uncle at Thanksgiving has been paying strangely close attention to national and global fertility rates.

      Now, everybody from politicians across the political spectrum to your weird uncle at Thanksgiving has been paying strangely close attention to national and global fertility rates.

    • Now, everybody from politicians across the political spectrum to your weird uncle at Thanksgiving has been paying strangely close attention to national and global fertility rates.

      Now, everybody from politicians across the political spectrum to your weird uncle at Thanksgiving has been paying strangely close attention to national and global fertility rates.

    B1

    Why Taiwan's Geography is a Ticking Time Bomb

    13:03Why Taiwan's Geography is a Ticking Time Bomb
    • It has one of the lowest total fertility rates on Earth.

      It has one of the lowest total fertility rates on Earth.

    • It has one of the lowest total fertility rates on earth.

      It has one of the lowest total fertility rates on earth.

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    Are you ever too old to have a baby? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

    17:54Are you ever too old to have a baby? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service
    • And it did have an effect, although briefly, on fertility rates there.

      And it did have an effect, although briefly, on fertility rates there.

    • And it did have an effect, although briefly on fertility rates there.

      And it did have an effect, although briefly on fertility rates there.

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    Why Yemen is Dying & Oman is Booming

    44:04Why Yemen is Dying & Oman is Booming
    • Because as the two countries' development destinies diverged radically, so too did each of their fertility rates.

      Because as the two countries' development destinies diverged radically, so too did each of their fertility rates.

    • And Yemen's population is only expected to continue growing further and further beyond Omans, because as the two countries development destinies diverged radically, so too did each of their fertility rates.

      And Yemen's population is only expected to continue growing further and further beyond Omans, because as the two countries development destinies diverged radically, so too did each of their fertility rates.

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    South Korea’s Radical Solution to Asia’s Birth Rate Crisis

    12:19South Korea’s Radical Solution to Asia’s Birth Rate Crisis
    • In countries that have low fertility rates, younger people don't find it worth it to have kids.

      In countries that have low fertility rates, younger people don't find it worth it to have kids.

    • In countries that have low fertility rates, younger people don't find it worth it to have kids.

      In countries that have low fertility rates, younger people don't find it worth it to have kids.

    B1