Birth rates dropping in Germany, Sweden, Taiwan, China

Aug 5, 2022

Real science means looking at all sides of the data.

Germany

After the vaccine has been given for over a year, Germany is experiencing a strange decline in births in the first quarter of 2022, totally inconsistent with their experience in recent years. Link:

Stefan Homburg @SHomburg

Beispielloser Geburtenrückgang im 1. Quartal. In den Vorjahren waren die Geburten recht konstant, selbst der Lockdown 2020 hat keine merklichen Spuren hinterlassen. Eine mögliche Erklärung liegt hier --> 1/3

Remember, 2022 is only half over for those 2022 statistics. That’s a significant birth rate decline for only a half year.

Taiwan

And on June 26, 2022: Depopulation of Taiwan; 23% birth rate drop in Taiwan. Such a decline is a nine-sigma event, meaning that it is so unlikely to occur by chance, that it would naturally happen as rarely as an asteroid striking the Earth. An 8 sigma event would happen only once in 803 million days. https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/depopulation-of-taiwan?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Taiwan gov't report: https://www.ris.gov.tw/app/en/2121?sn=22161405

Sweden

Sweden's birth rate is dropping after the jab rolled out. https://scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/population/population-composition/population-statistics/pong/tables-and-graphs/monthly-statistics--the-whole-country/population-statistics-2019-2022-month-and-1998-2021-year/

China

After the vaccine roll out, the number of babies born in China continued to shrink last year in a decade-long trend, official data showed Monday, as a declining workforce adds pressure to the ruling Communist Party’s ambitions to increase national wealth and global influence. Some 10.6 million babies were born, down 12 percent from the 12 million tallied for 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinas-birth-rate-falls-2021-workforce-shrinks-rcna12446

China’s birth rate drops to record low. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/17/chinas-birth-rate-drops-to-record-low

Hungary

Post-vax birth rate in Hungary drops also. Q1 of 2021 to Q1 of 2022, birth rates down 21%. From Q2 of 2021 to Q2 of 2022, birth rates down 5.8%. The Q1 is more significant. https://www.ksh.hu/stadat_files/nep/en/nep0067.html

Cambodia

In Cambodia, the fertility rate is also down.

aicezuki123 @aicezuki123

@BirthGauge Cambodia DHS, 2021-22 Between 2014 and 2021, Cambodia's fertility was stable around 2.7. In 2021-22, urban fertility was 2.4 and rural fertility was 3.0. dhsprogram.com/publications/p…

and https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-PR136-Preliminary-Reports-Key-Indicators-Reports.cfm

Japan

Japan sees 10% fewer births after vax rollout.

Making Waves @MakingC19Waves

Live births in Japan 🇯🇵 were about 10% lower in April 2022 than in April 2021 😳.

You @You3_JP

そして日本。出生数が４月には１０％ほど落ち込んだことが最近の人口動態統計で判明した。 https://t.co/zGaIKyQKtE https://t.co/y84EJvwuVZ

Netherlands

Netherlands reported a 6.3% decline with 53,090 births between January and April 2022 compared to 56,671 births during the same period in 2021. https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/visualisations/dashboard-population/population-dynamics/birth

And even more

Kanekoa birth rates drop in more countries.
Birth rates plummet in Germany -14%, Greece -12%, Hungary and Finland -11%, UK -9%. Mongolia -20%, Ukraine -17.6%, Thailand -8.6%.
Norway birth rates dropping also in 2022, down 6.7%.
Birth rates in Spain also down.
Birth rate gauge summarizes growth or shrinkage of birth rates in many countries.
Hong Kong birth rates drop.
Switzerland birth rates drop significantly.

This all corresponds to after the vaccine rollout. The first vaccines appeared in the US in December 2020. Could it all be coincidence?

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