"People still want children, and the question is why are they not having them? A sense of security is essential for realizing the desire to have children. The succession of crises has prevented many people from turning that wish into reality."
"If the wishes expressed by 19 to 29-year-olds in surveys were fulfilled, Germany's birth rate would rise to 2.4. More and more, people say that in Germany, they simply can no longer afford to have children due to housing shortages, rising rents, and unreliable childcare."
Germany faces a severe demographic crisis with a fertility rate of 1.35 children per woman, the lowest on record and well below the 2.1 replacement level needed for population stability. In 2025, approximately 650,000 children were born while one million people died, resulting in a population decline of 100,000. Despite surveys showing that young adults aged 19-29 desire an average of 2.4 children, practical obstacles prevent them from realizing these wishes. Housing shortages, rising rents, unreliable childcare, and financial insecurity force parents to reduce working hours. Policymakers and businesses depend on demographic projections extending to 2070 to plan for the country's future, as population size and age structure have profound economic and social consequences.
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