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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A new paper links the 2007 #iPhone launch to declining #US birth rates, finding 4.5-8% drops among 15-19 year olds in areas with early iPhone access.

The researchers suggest #smartphones may reduce in-person socializing while increasing access to #porn and birth control #information. Skeptics note that teen birth rates were already falling since the #1990s.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smartphones-might-be-playing-a-role-in-the-united-states-declining-birth-rate-new-research-suggests-180989129/

#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics

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
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France records more deaths than births for the first time since 1945.

Fewer babies, more elderly people, rising life expectancy: France has gradually changed and is now at a demographic turning point.

For the first time since World War II, there were more deaths than births, according to the national statistics institute Insee.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260113-france-records-more-deaths-than-births-for-the-first-time-since-1945?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#France #Population #BirthRate #LifeExpectancy #Family #Death #Statistics #Elderly #Demographics #Children #Insee

Falling birthrates and what to do about them.

Scientific consensus holds that global birthrates are plummeting but disagree on whether they can stabilise.

In a series of detailed graphics, NZZ visualises the results of two major studies on birthrate trends around the world.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250530-falling-birthrates-and-what-to-do-about-them?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Birthrate #Demographics #Fertility #Births #Migration #Science