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Germany's Birth Rate Dropping Like a Stone

Andy Day

30th May 2015

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Germany's birth rate has now fallen lower than even Japan's to give the country the lowest rate in the world. As an example of a Stage 5 country in the Demographic Transition, the birth rate in Germany is now lower than the death rate and total population is likely to fall unless supplemented by net in-migration. The social and economic consequences for Germany are likely to be significant.

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Andy Day

Andy recently finished being a classroom geographer after 35 years at two schools in East Yorkshire as head of geography, head of the humanities faculty and director of the humanities specialism. He has written extensively about teaching and geography - with articles in the TES, Geography GCSE Wideworld and Teaching Geography.

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