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New Delhi: Many big powers of the world are now worried not due to population growth, but due to population decline. Where once population explosion was considered a crisis, now many countries are facing serious crises like aging population and lack of manpower due to low fertility rate.
Here we are sharing with you the names of world's top 5 countries that are going through population crisis. Turkey: Turkey's birth rate in 2001 was 2.38 which has fallen to 1.48 in 2025. This figure is even lower than France, Britain and America. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called it a 'bigger threat than war' and has declared 2025 as the year of family and announced to start the decade of family from 2026. Efforts are being made to give economic incentives to new couples. Vietnam: Vietnam has ended the decades-old two-child policy. Now people can have as many children as they want. From 1999 to 2022, the average birth rate was 2.1, but in 2024 it fell to 1.91. The same trend is seen in other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, but their economies are much stronger than Vietnam hence, Vietnam is trying to create a balance. China: China's population has been declining for three consecutive years. According to the United Nations' estimates, it can decrease from 1.4 billion to 800 million by the end of the century. This is directly affecting the economy due to the low working-age population and increasing pension and healthcare needs. New Zealand: The birth rate in New Zealand reached a record low of 1.56 in 2023. The special thing is that the number of women aged 15 to 49 increased in the country, but the number of children still decreased. In 2022, this rate was 1.66, which is already well below the required rate of 2.1 to maintain the population. These figures clearly show that having children is no longer a priority in the country. North Korea: Even though North Korea does not reveal its population figures, according to the United Nations' estimates, its birth rate is 1.78. This rate is higher than South Korea, Japan and China, but still below the required 2.1. If this trend continues, then there is a danger of a huge shortage of workers and collapse of social structure in the coming years.
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