The number of babies born in the EU was down 5.4 percent to 3.67 million in 2023, the largest drop in decades, official data showed Friday, underscoring the bloc's demographic issues.
Those wanting to shut Europe's borders must contend with a stark demographic reality: the continent's native population is expected to fall sharply over the next century in an era of low birth rates. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int ...