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22 September 2026

Australia's falling fertility rate

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Australia's falling fertility rate

Australia's latest Intergenerational Report has laid out how an aging population and falling birth rate would reshape Australia's economy in the next 40 years. Fertility is expected to fall to just 1. 34 children per woman by 2065. Video by Chloe Christie for ABC News Loop.

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