Singapore's baby drought deepens, with 2023 seeing the lowest number of births in at least 50 years. Meanwhile, deaths remain high, exacerbating the country's demographic challenges.Thanks for reading population.news! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.
Isn’t this happening almost everywhere?
It might be the media distorting it, but it seems like it’s an especially big issue in East Asian countries. I didn’t know about Singapore, but I know it’s a serious issue in both South Korea and Japan, which are about to have a huge number of elderly and not enough people to care for them.