“The low fertility rate, which has persisted for about three decades, will continue to contribute to low birth rates, especially in the context of the systematic decline in the number of women of reproductive age,” wrote the agency. “This trend is further exacerbated by the persistently high level of emigration abroad.”
Fully agree. It’s a buffer to make a return to sustainable more practical, but the goal is a lower population.
For the record my frame of view is the planet and all life on it.