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==United State==

==United State==

In the [[United State]], the birth rate has been falling since the [[Great Recession of 2007]], dropping almost 23 percent between 2007 and 2022. As of 2023, the average [[American]] [[woman]] has about 1.6 children, down from three in 1950, and significantly below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 children needed to sustain a stable population.

In the [[United State]], the birth rate has been falling since the [[Great Recession of 2008]], dropping almost 23 percent between 2007 and 2022. As of 2023, the average [[American]] [[woman]] has about 1.6 children, down from three in 1950, and significantly below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 children needed to sustain a stable population.

Institute for Family Studies senior fellow Brad Wilcox told Fox News Digital that the US may already be seeing the effects:<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/population-rate-decline-us-triggers-economic-alarms-experts-calamitous-effects Population rate decline in the US triggers economic alarms from experts: 'Calamitous effect'], By Lindsay Kornick, [[Fox News]], October 24, 2023. </ref>

Institute for Family Studies senior fellow Brad Wilcox told Fox News Digital that the US may already be seeing the effects:<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/media/population-rate-decline-us-triggers-economic-alarms-experts-calamitous-effects Population rate decline in the US triggers economic alarms from experts: 'Calamitous effect'], By Lindsay Kornick, [[Fox News]], October 24, 2023. </ref>

{{Cquotte|Below-replacement fertility means closing [[school]]s, shrinking college enrollments, fewer workers and consumers, and not enough taxes to pay for entitlements. We’re already seeing low fertility fallout hitting schools and colleges. But it will have big consequences for the [[economy]] as well, given that there will be relatively fewer workers and [[consumer]]s, and less [[entrepreneurial]] activity, as the population of young adults in America falls across much of the nation.}}  

{{Cquote|Below-replacement fertility means closing [[school]]s, shrinking college enrollments, fewer workers and consumers, and not enough taxes to pay for entitlements. We’re already seeing low fertility fallout hitting schools and colleges. But it will have big consequences for the [[economy]] as well, given that there will be relatively fewer workers and [[consumer]]s, and less [[entrepreneurial]] activity, as the population of young adults in America falls across much of the nation.}}

==South Korea==

==South Korea==