For some time we thought it was Spain, but there is another contender:
Poland’s ongoing demographic collapse continues, with the once conservative Catholic country featuring high birth rates, now a land increasingly of childless women and men
Only Spain is a match for Poland, according to data from Birth Gauge, a website that tracks demographic trends around the world. In fact, things have never been this bad in Poland.
The data was shared by Andrzej Kubisiak, deputy director of the Polish Economic Institute, in an X post.
“The total birth rate for Poland in 2024 may be the lowest in the whole of Europe (ex aequo with Spain) and amount to 1.12 This is the worst result in our modern history,” wrote Kubisiak.
France seems to be doing better than most. We all know why;)
This is interesting. My pastor is Polish, childless, and his brother, childless, is the organist (I am the cantor). There is a Polish Mass on Sundays at our church. My neighbor is Polish, childless, as well. Two of our most popular saints, childless, are Polish. I wonder what has happened to change things in Poland? And the trend continues here in the U.S.
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