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The Global Fertility Crash
As birthrates fall, countries will be forced to adapt or fall behind.
10 Nov 2019, 12:42 PM IST 
Baby grasps mother’s hand. (Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- At least two children per woman—that’s what’s needed to ensure a stable population from generation to generation. In the 1960s, the fertility rate was five live births per woman. By 2017 it had fallen to 2.43, close to that critical threshold.
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