Previous fears of overpopulation in nations with high population densities have been replaced by concerns about a declining and ageing population.
The news that Victoria has Australia’s lowest fertility rate at 1.39 births per woman means that, excluding migration, its population will decline by one-third in a generation. Taiwan, with one of the world’s lowest birth rates at 1.09
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