#birthrate — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260913-turkey-detains-dozens-in-raids-of-bars-homes-in-crackdown-on-lgbtq-community. This is an absolutely appalling #attack on the #LGBTIQA #community in #Turkey, @andrewstroehlein, @humanrightswatch, @commissionerHR. #Erdogan & his #Islamists call us "perverts" & "deviants", & blame us #gays for the falling #birthrate in Turkey, but that is complete nonsense. Our #rights are #humanrights, & MUST be protected!

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260913-turkey-detains-dozens-in-raids-of-bars-homes-in-crackdown-on-lgbtq-community. This is an absolutely appalling #attack on the #LGBTIQA #community in #Turkey, @andrewstroehlein, @humanrightswatch, @commissionerHR. #Erdogan & his #Islamists call us "perverts" & "deviants", & blame us #gays for the falling #birthrate in Turkey, but that is complete nonsense. Our #rights are #humanrights, & MUST be protected!

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260913-turkey-detains-dozens-in-raids-of-bars-homes-in-crackdown-on-lgbtq-community. This is an absolutely appalling #attack on the #LGBTIQA #community in #Turkey, @andrewstroehlein, @humanrightswatch, @commissionerHR. #Erdogan & his #Islamists call us "perverts" & "deviants", & blame us #gays for the falling #birthrate in Turkey, but that is complete nonsense. Our #rights are #humanrights, & MUST be protected!

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260913-turkey-detains-dozens-in-raids-of-bars-homes-in-crackdown-on-lgbtq-community. This is an absolutely appalling #attack on the #LGBTIQA #community in #Turkey, @andrewstroehlein, @humanrightswatch, @commissionerHR. #Erdogan & his #Islamists call us "perverts" & "deviants", & blame us #gays for the falling #birthrate in Turkey, but that is complete nonsense. Our #rights are #humanrights, & MUST be protected!

Half Of European Municipalities Have Fewer Inhabitants Than 60 Years Ago
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https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/2026/04/21/die-haelfte-der-europaeischen-gemeinden-hat-weniger-einwohner-als-vor-60-jahren/ <-- shared technical / spatiotemporal article
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https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/37fcacbf-12e2-4b31-b1af-83117a74b2c7 <-- shared European Joint Research Centre (JRC) ARDECO Local Population Time-Series – 1961-2024
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #emptyspain #demographics #population #agingpopulation #declining #birthrate #immigration #emigration #shrinking #interactive #webmap #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Europe #geostatistics #logistics #rural #urban #city #transportation #cost #economics #services #infrastructure #workers #qualityoflife #planning
@JointResearchCentre #JRC @europeancommission @correctiv_org

So what's going on here?
1) An overall falling birth rate, below replacement level in a rich country like the UK, is a GOOD THING.
2) If poorer families are disproportionately unlikely to have children, that is a BAD THING.
3) #DemographicSlowdown does bring challenges but they can be addressed. Clue: expect lots of #ClimateRefugees in coming decades.

Bridget Phillipson says she wants more young people in UK to have children | Bridget Phillipson |
https://archive.ph/X2NJ1
#population #BirthRate

📑 CPC-CG Director Jane Falkingham is a contributor to the NEW UK Parliament POST research briefing on the 'Impacts of #birthrate decline'

It also cites research from CPC-CG members Ann Berrington on #childlessness in the UK and David McCollum on #population sustainability and #geographical inequalities in the context of an #ageingpopulation

Full story: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?action=story&id=835

#demography #fertilitydecline #fallingbirthrates #socialsciences #migration #populationgeography #geography