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Underpopulation News

Italy’s population decline is closing schools and stressing families

BBC - 19-Jul-2025

Immigration is helping industries, but not solving school enrollment drops

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South Korea faces alarming 85% population decline by 2125, study warns

Korea Herald - 02-Jul-2025

Shrinking birth rates and economic pressures could leave Korea with just 7.5M people in 100 years

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China faces third consecutive year of population decline

Independent - 17-Jan-2025

Efforts to reverse low birth rates struggle against economic, cultural, and structural challenges

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UK faces first natural population decline in nearly 50 years

The Guardian - 08-Oct-2024

Ageing population and low birth rates pose new challenges for the UK

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China's got a problem: there are more deaths than babies being born

The Conversation (UK) - 18-Jan-2024

Experts say China's population could shrink by half to 525 million by 2100

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Nestlé's Irish baby milk plant falls victim to China's declining birth rate

Independent - 19-Oct-2023

The trend of a shrinking population is beginning to have drastic consequences

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Falling birthrates alone will not solve the planet’s environmental problems, study states

The Guardian - 27-Mar-2023

Social and economic factors have a proven impact on birthrate

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South Korea's falling birth rate is worrisome

BBC - 04-Jan-2021

A declining population is detrimental to the country's economy

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Researchers estimate world population could crash by 2100

BBC - 14-Jul-2020

Decline in fertility rate may shrink the global population drastically

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Hungary exempts women with four or more children from income tax

The Guardian - 10-Feb-2019

Additional benefits include mortgage help and childcare support

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