Falling fertility rates could bring about a transformational demographic shift over the next 25 years.
It has been described as a demographic catastrophe.
The Lancet medical journal warns that a majority of countries do not have a high enough fertility rate to sustain their population size by the end of the century.
The rate of the decline is uneven, with some developing nations seeing a baby boom.
The shift could have far-reaching social and economic impacts.
Enormous population growth since the industrial revolution has put enormous pressure on the planet’s limited resources.
So, how does the drop in births affect the economy?
And regulators in the United States and the European Union crack down on tech monopolies.
The gender gap in tech narrows.
