UK births lowest since 1976, 40 per cent from foreign born parents
The figure remains well below the replacement level of around 2.1, the threshold at which a population sustains itself without immigration.
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The figure remains well below the replacement level of around 2.1, the threshold at which a population sustains itself without immigration.
"We have a problem of demographic decline and we must understand if we want to have more children".
Germany's population shrank by around 100,000 people in 2025, marking the first decline since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
For the first time since the end of the First World War, more people are dying than are being born in Europe.
German women are having fewer children at the lowest rate since 1996.
Last week Turkey announced that it was introducing a series of incentives designed to increase the Turkish birth rate.
France's fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level since 1918, with only 663,000 babies born in France in 2024. This was 21.
Britain’s population is booming. The UK recorded its highest percentage increase in history last year, up one per cent to 63.
The European Commission is aiming to help Member States deal with population decline via a "toolbox" of measures.
Angelo Amante