>Among demographers, 2023 will be remembered as the year Brazil “shrank” by almost 5 million people.
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>A new census put the country’s population at 203 million people—well below the 208 million previously estimated by Brazil’s national statistics institute, and even further from the 216 million calculated by the United Nations.
Brazil is the big example but the rest of the continent ain’t doing much better
>Argentine economist and demographer Rafael Rofman said that his country’s fertility had declined more in the previous six years than in the previous six decades.
Then there is the obvious issue of so many folk making their way up north.
Fertility decline is happening in a lot of countries. Easy access to contraception and healthcare. It’s generally a good sign of a nation that values women as things other than baby-makers.
Smart-phone use.
# of Hours of screen-time correlates strongly with reduced sexual function and desire, with the effect of smart phone use and computers ( browsing, reading, interacting ) having a significantly stronger correlation than television ( watching ) watched, we have known hours of television watched to correlate with reduced sexual activity for decades.
Not a popular topic online, go figure, but the studies don’t lie.
Touch Grass.
Cause it is fucking hot out here
Microplastics
These studies are doing a great job of pointing out low birth rates in countries where the economy is hell on the class of people that they rely on to repopulate the nations, and never do a fucking thing to fix said problems or make it easier to have a family.
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>Among demographers, 2023 will be remembered as the year Brazil “shrank” by almost 5 million people.
>
>A new census put the country’s population at 203 million people—well below the 208 million previously estimated by Brazil’s national statistics institute, and even further from the 216 million calculated by the United Nations.
Brazil is the big example but the rest of the continent ain’t doing much better
>Argentine economist and demographer Rafael Rofman said that his country’s fertility had declined more in the previous six years than in the previous six decades.
Then there is the obvious issue of so many folk making their way up north.
Fertility decline is happening in a lot of countries. Easy access to contraception and healthcare. It’s generally a good sign of a nation that values women as things other than baby-makers.
Smart-phone use.
# of Hours of screen-time correlates strongly with reduced sexual function and desire, with the effect of smart phone use and computers ( browsing, reading, interacting ) having a significantly stronger correlation than television ( watching ) watched, we have known hours of television watched to correlate with reduced sexual activity for decades.
Not a popular topic online, go figure, but the studies don’t lie.
Touch Grass.
Cause it is fucking hot out here
Microplastics
These studies are doing a great job of pointing out low birth rates in countries where the economy is hell on the class of people that they rely on to repopulate the nations, and never do a fucking thing to fix said problems or make it easier to have a family.
M-O-N-E-Y
Loosen the screws and watch what happens!