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Baby bust: How the pandemic affected population growth

The coronavirus pandemic briefly accelerated the trend of declining populations. This series examines the economic and societal implications of shrinking populations, as well as the responses by policymakers around the world

Baby bust: economic stimulus helps births rebound from pandemic
In the first in a series, the FT looks at how Covid worsened the trend of shrinking populations — but only briefly
Baby bust: Pandemic accelerates fall in China’s birth rate
FT Series: Population may already have peaked in centre of global population crunch
Baby bust: Can policymakers boost dwindling world fertility rates?
Governments want people to have more children but there is little evidence that policy helps
Baby bust: global demographic trends create tough choices
Population trends are too complicated to be categorised as economic destiny but neither can they be ignored