What are the consequences of the current low fertility rate?

The cost of living is rising, so the low birth rate is almost inevitable. Long-term low fertility rate may lead to a decline in population size. During this period, the population problem has been discussed by many people. First, the central bank issued a document saying that birth control should be liberalized to improve the fertility rate in China. Although the population of China is still the largest in the world, the number of newborns is very pessimistic. Since the release of the second child, the birth rate in China has been declining continuously. Last year, the number of newborns registered by the government was about100000, which was the lowest in history. Therefore, many scholars say that birth control should be released in time, at least first.

In fact, the low fertility rate almost puzzles the whole world, especially in developed countries, such as Japan and South Korea, and the number of newborns is also declining, especially in South Korea. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the number of newborns last year was less than the number of natural deaths, that is to say, the population size of Korean society has been shrinking.

The reason for the low fertility rate is nothing more than the rising cost of living, high prices and high housing prices brought about by economic development, which makes young families realize the huge cost of raising newborns. If you don't like children very much, most families will choose to have children later or even be infertile. Some experts warn that the long-term low fertility rate will lead to the low competitiveness of the whole country and the weakening of its comprehensive strength.

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Since the family planning policy was implemented in China in 1970s, the fertility rate in China has obviously declined, from 5.8 1970 to 2.3 1/990. According to the age-specific mortality level of most countries in the world, the population replacement level is between 2. 1-2.4, which means that China is close to the population replacement level in 1990, and the fertility rate continues to drop to 1.52 in 20 18, making China one of the countries with the lowest fertility rate in the world. Although the emergence of low fertility rate is the inevitable result of economic and social development, the decline of fertility rate in China in a short time span is a special phenomenon, which will inevitably have a far-reaching impact on the economy and society.