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More UK deaths than births expected every year from now on

Declining fertility rates also mean the number of children in the UK is expected to fall in the next decade while pensioners are expected to grow faster than working age adults. Previous projections suggested

The tipping point: what happens when deaths outnumber births?

decline. This means there is time to act. Morland argues that countries with low fertility rates face difficult trade-offs between economic growth, migration and birthrates – though others suggest the picture is more complex. Rather