Should We Be Worried About Declining Birth Rates?我们应该担心人口出生率下降吗?

The global population has been growing at a much slower pace than before and some countries’ populations have actually decreased. In 2023， the U.S. birth rate dropped to a record low of approximately 1.7 births per woman， according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

全球人口增长速度比以前慢了许多，有些国家的人口实际上已经有所减少。根据美国疾病控制与预防中心的统计数据，2023年美国的人口出生率降至历史最低点，每位女性约生育1.7个孩子。

The required replacement rate for a population to be maintained is 2.1 children per woman， but many countries are no longer reaching that. South Korea currently has the lowest birth rate in the world， at just 0.72 children per woman. “What we are experiencing now， and have been experiencing for deca...