The average number of children born to a woman in the country last year fell to 0.98, giving South Korea the lowest birthrate among the world's richest nations.

该国去年的女性平均育降至0。98，这让韩国成为了世界最富裕的几个国家里最低的一个。

Greece has one of the lowest birthrates in Europe.

希腊是欧洲最低的国家之一。

Born in midcentury as U.S. birthrates surged in tandem with an enormous leap in prosperity after the Depression and World War II, boomers are now beginning to die in larger numbers, along with Americans over 80.

婴儿潮一于二十世纪中叶，伴随着大萧条和二战后的巨大繁荣，美国飙升。现在，许多婴儿潮一以及80岁以上的美国人开始衰老去世。

It was the first time since 1950 that the annual population of newborns dropped below 10 million, and the third consecutive year the birthrate had dropped below 1 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

国家统计局数据显示，这是 1950 年以来，年人口首次跌破 1,000 万，也是连续第三年跌破 1%。

Jennifer Glass, a demographer at the University of Texas at Austin, notes that some countries have tried to boost their birthrates by urging citizens to get busy.

德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的人口统计学家詹妮弗·格拉斯指，一些国家试图通过敦促公民积极行动起来以提高。

Like every other industrialized country that made the transition from an agrarian society, Japan's birthrate exploded throughout the process and peaked in the nineteen twenties.

和其他从农业社会转型的工业化国家一样，日本的在整个转型过程中呈爆炸式增长，并在 20 世纪 20 年达到顶峰。

The latest provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed the birthrate dropped for the sixth consecutive year.

美国疾病控制和预防中心的最新临时数据显示，连续第六年下降。

The 2008 economic crisis led many young adults to wait to get married and have families, which slowed the birthrate.

2008年的经济危机导致许多年轻人推迟结婚和组建家庭，这导致减缓。

The government estimates, released on Monday, are a sign of the problems resulting from a declining birthrate.

据日本政府周一发布的估测数据，表明下滑造成的一些问题。

Last year, South Korea had a birthrate of 0.78, according to government figures.

根据政府数据，去年韩国的为0.78。

In 2022, China recorded 9.56 million newborns, and the birthrate was 0.68 percent.

2022 年，中国人口数量为 956 万，为 6.8‰。

With its low birthrates and high rates of emigration, Bulgaria has been emptying out for decades.

由于低和移民高，数十年来保加利亚的人口一直在减少。

Demographers say the United States may be entering an era of substantially lower population growth due to a leveling off of immigration, a declining birthrate and an aging population.

人口统计学家表示，由于移民趋于平稳，下降和人口老龄化，美国可能正在进入一个人口增长大幅下降的时。

But after 1950, Japan's birthrate began to take a nosedive to the point in the nineteen sixties, Japanese women were only having two children on average.

但 1950 年后，日本的开始急剧下降，到了 20 世纪 60 年，日本女性平均只育两个孩子。

For more than a decade, Li Dongmei operated a series of kindergartens and schools for young children, withstanding the realities of China's declining birthrate.

十多年来，李冬梅经营着好几家幼儿园和幼儿学校，经受住了中国下降的现实考验。

Another reason America's birthrate has dipped so low is that many women are dealing with career considerations first.

美国降到如此低的另一个原因是，许多女性首先考虑的是工作因素。

All this raises alarms for the economy. Economies need new workers to replace older workers as they retire. When a nation's birthrate drops too low, certain sectors can experience employee shortages, and ultimately, the economy might shrink.

所有这些都为经济发展敲响了警钟。 经济发展需要有新的工人来替退休的老龄工人。 当一个国家的降到太低的水平时，某些行业可能面临劳动力短缺，以至最后导致经济衰退。

The birthrate in the United States fell four percent in 2020, marking the biggest annual decline in decades.

2020年美国下降4%，创下数十年来的最大年度降幅。

Immigrants tend to be younger — the kind of workers aging economies need — and new immigrants often have birthrates that are higher than those of the native-born population.

外来移民一般比较年轻——刚好是经济发展所需的适龄劳动力——而且新移民一般会比原住民的小孩多。

But, whatever the reason, it's leading to less sex and fewer births. The birthrate dropped 2% between 2017 and 2018 — and the number of births slid to a 32-year low.

但是，无论什么原因，这都在导致性行为减少，降低。 从2017年到2018年，下降了2%——人数降到了32年来的最低值。