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will dominate the 21st century Singapore is going extinct that was Tesla CEO Elon musk's big tweet on Thursday the comment was a response to a post about Singapore's baby crisis and it's not just Singapore musk things a lot of countries will go extinct he has not named them but earlier this week South Korea made headlines for the same reasons on being the first country to disappear from Earth the headlines itself may sound alarming but the reason is very simple the dropping fertility rate across the globe the ideal fertility rate required to sustain a population is 2.1 in some countries it has dropped below one and that has sparked concerns so is Singapore really facing extinction which other countries may go the same way our next report tells you in every corner of the world the signs are becoming harder to ignore once bustling towns grow eerily quiet schools shut their gates for good entire Villages vanish Humanity for centuries has thrived on the foundation of growth and reproduction but now the numbers tell a chilling story birth rates are plummeting populations are aging and the survival of Nations hangs in the balance a stark warning came from Elon Musk he tweeted Singapore and other countries are going extinct the reason falling fertility rates Singapore's fertility rate has been declining for some time time now but in 2023 it fell to a historic low of 0.97 this refers to the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime and it has left the city state alarmed so Singapore did what all governments do it tried to throw money at the problem but even that did not help Singapore's baby crisis is because of a couple of reasons the cost of living crisis the expenses of raising a baby and the difficulties managing work and family commitment just offering parental leaves or cash incentives doesn't make them go away and it's the same situation in many countries across the globe like South Korea earlier this week it made headlines on how it could be the first country to Disappear by 201100 the reason again was a population crisis South Korea already has the lowest birth rate in the world in 2023 it fell by another 8% to 0.72 if the trend continues in 50 years nearly half the population will be older than 65 Japan too has a similar trajectory it was once the world's 11th most populated country but its population is expected to have before the end of the century Japan now sells more adult diapers than baby diapers then there is China until recently it was the world's most populous nation accounting for a sixth of the global population but Beijing 2 is dealing with falling birth rates and this isn't just a developed country problem in 2023 Brazil showed the slowest population growth on record so this is truly a global problem in 1950 the average woman had five children today that number is just over two and in many developed Nations it's far below that for a population to Hold Steady the number should be 2.1 so what's driving this Global phenomenon the reasons are complex and intertwined Rising urbanization the High Cost of Living and shifting cultural norms all play a role many young people are delaying or foregoing Parenthood altogether that is due to financial instability and career priorities women's empowerment too plays a role access to education allows more women to choose if and when to have children and this is an economic catastrophe fewer people mean fewer workers fewer consumers fewer taxpayers National economies are built on demographic momentum and that momentum is grinding to a halt the cost of an aging population will be astronomical Health Care Systems will Buckle Pension funds will collapse economic growth will stagnate governments are throwing money at the problem tax breaks incentives more leaves but money cannot create babies governments need to understand it isn't just about creating children it's about creating a world where people feel they can or else civilization as we know it could run out of people do disas X that's what it's been called it's a mysterious illness and it is circulating in a remote part of Africa's DRC Democratic Republic of
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