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List of countries by total fertility rate. A 2024 map of countries by fertility rate. Blue indicates negative fertility rates. Red indicates positive rates. This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.
This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubeiin Chinain December 2019.
The global economic recession caused by the outbreak of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic first identified in December 2019 resulted in a significant decrease in birth rate, or "baby bust", in many countries. All-time low birth rates were seen in Italy, Japan, South Korea, England, and Wales. [1] France experienced its lowest birth rate since World ...
Data from Russia illustrates how the true death rates from COVID-19 can be far higher than visible from confirmed COVID-19 deaths: in December 2020, based on overall excess mortality during the year, total COVID-19 deaths in Russia were estimated to be over 186,000, [8] while confirmed COVID-19 deaths were at 56,271. [9]
All of these economies have fertility rates far below 2.1, the “replacement rate” which allows for a stable population. They haven’t reported a rate above 2.1 for years, if not decades.
A systematic review update in 2022 demonstrated that pregnant women are at increased risk of severe COVID-19. It also found that risk factors for severe COVID-19 in pregnant people included high body mass index, being of an older age, being of non-white ethnic origin, having pre-existing comorbidities, having pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes.
Workers already pay 6.2% of their income in Social Security taxes — up to $106,800 in income as of 2021 — in addition to 1.45% in Medicare taxes. Employers pay another 6.2% and 1.45% for those ...
A 2023 map of countries by fertility rate. Blue indicates negative fertility rates. Red indicates positive rates. The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of ...