• Global fertility decline is increasingly caused due to lower coupling/marriage as opposed to couples having fewer children.

    ft-us-fr Source: FT

    From the article,

    Had US rates of marriage and cohabitation remained constant over the past decade, America’s total fertility rate would be higher today than it was then.

    While the data points highlighted are US-specific, the article argues for this issue being prevalent globally. South Korea agrees on this, with an emphasis on blind/speed dating events supported by the local government to promote coupling rather than incentivizing having babies like Japan and Singapore.