The Mediterranean country is among the 20 countries in the world with the lowest fertility rates, highlighting an issue that will affect future generations.
Greece ranked 17th in terms of fertility rates for 2024, occupying a position in the top twenty infertile countries of the entire world.
More specifically, Greece has a birth rates of 1.4, while the world average is 2.3 births. Taiwan topped the list, with a fertility rate of 1.11 children per woman, the lowest in the world.
Globally, fertility has declined from an average of 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 births per woman in 2021.
As fewer and fewer children are born, concerns are being raised about the future course of the economy.
The fertility rate is defined as the average number of children born to a woman of reproductive age in a given country. Typically, women between the ages of 15 and 45 are considered to be in this age range.
A fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman, known as the "replacement rate," keeps the population constant by replacing both parents and accounting for infant mortality—assuming no immigration and death rates are constant.
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