Fertility

Greece outlined measures to boost its lagging birthrate on Thursday, from vouchers and childcare benefits to tax breaks for new parents, although experts questioned the plan's effectiveness.

The decline in births in recent decades is a fact. Nationally, we will find that they fell by 37% between 1979-1983 and 2014-19, and are expected to fall by a further 13% in the 2020-25 six-year period.

Türkiye ranked 18th among 194 countries in terms of population size, constituting 1.1 percent of the world's total population last year, Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on July 9.

Four ministries have launched efforts to address demographic challenges, spurred by a historic decline in the country's fertility rate and a rapid surge in its elderly population.

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The Family and Social Services Ministry is embarking on an initiative to conduct fieldwork in cities with the lowest birth rates and highest divorce ratio in a bid to address the unprecedented decline in Türkiye's fertility rate.

The serious decline in birth rates in Turkey is an "existential threat" and a "disaster" for the country, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said.

Last week, Turkey's State Statistical Institute announced that the country's birth rate had decreased for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, dropping to 1.51 children per woman.

A declining trend has been observed in the average household size in Türkiye, while the number of individuals living alone is increasing, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data released on May 15.

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has released comprehensive data shedding light on Bulgaria's demographic dynamics in 2023, revealing both encouraging trends and persistent challenges in the nation's population structure.

The country's social security system is in for seven difficult years, as up until 2030 the generation of baby boomers will be rushing to retire.

Experts point out that although the "great exodus" began in 2022 and will last until 2030, with about 165,000 to 200,000 people retiring annually, the bulk of retirements will occur from 2025 onward.