Working-age population on the decline
According to the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 (WPP2022) report, the global fertility rate, which stood at 2.3 overall in 2021, will hit the demographic tipping point of 2.1 by 2050, owing to a globally synchronized decline in birth rates, including in Africa and Latin America.
According to the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 (WPP2022) report, the global fertility rate, which stood at 2.3 overall in 2021, will hit the demographic tipping point of 2.1 by 2050, owing to a globally synchronized decline in birth rates, including in Africa and Latin America.