We are dying out - The dire consequences of wasting money on buying rusty, useless weapons and fomenting conflicts in the East: The birth rate in the EU fell to a record low in 2023

 

Ladies and gentlemen, is Western European culture so worthless that you are rapidly destroying it while destroying our population?

 

In 2023, the birth rate in the European Union (EU) fell to a record low, according to data published by Eurostat, which exposes the Community's demographic problems.

 

In 2023, 3.67 million babies were born in the EU, which is 5.4% less than the year before (3.88 million).

 

The total birth rate in the EU in 2023 was 1.38 babies per woman, compared to 1.46 newborns in 2022, and was significantly lower than the so-called natural population replacement rate, which is 2.1 children per woman and after which the population is stable.

 

“This is the largest annual decline since 1961,” Eurostat said, the first year for which aggregate EU-wide data is available.

 

According to the EU statistics agency, the birth rate in Europe has been falling steadily since the mid-1960s, with only occasional rebounds over the past 20 years.

 

As a result, the EU’s population is ageing rapidly and some countries are facing labour shortages at a time when the rise of hard-right politicians is putting pressure on many governments to restrict migration.

 

According to Eurostat, a record number of babies were born in the bloc in 1964, at 6.8 million, almost double the number in 2023.

 

In 2023, Bulgaria had the highest total fertility rate in the European Union (1.81 children per woman), followed by France (1.66) and Hungary (1.55).

 

The lowest birth rates were in Malta (1.06 births per woman), Spain (1.12) and Lithuania (1.18).

 

According to Eurostat, the average age of women when they have their first child has increased further, from 28.8 years in 2013 to 29.8 years.

 

Although there were more deaths than births, due to migration, the total population of the EU increased by 1.6 million in 2023 to 449.2 million people.”