The very low TFR of Budapest already appears if one goes 30 years back further, to 1930. Judging from the age pyramid, the TFR of Budapest must have been barely above 1.0, while it was close to 3.0 in the rest of the country.

The fertility rate of Russia by subdivision. The overall fertility rate is 1.41, with the two regions of Tuva and Chechnya being above replacement. The fertility rate is brought up by ethnic minorities.

Life expectancy gains have slowed sharply in the past decade in Western Europe. The increase was just 1.1 years, less than half the progress seen in earlier decades. #demograpy #population #lifepan #Poland #Germany #UK #France #Italy

Belgian TFR (=expected children per women) dropped in 2024 to an all-time low of 1.44 (see @BirthGauge). I have never seen a Belgian TFR by municipality, so after bringing data together and making calculations... here we have it. What does it say? 👇🇧🇪🔁

Japanese fertility rate by prefecture in 2024. The southern fertility rate is higher than the north. However, no region has above replacement fertility of 2.1. Overall, Japan has a fertility rate of 1.16, making it on the higher end of fertility rates in East Asia.

Most Haredi Jews, in Israel and the USA, live in (what we would consider) over crowded apartments and tenements. It doesn't stop them from having one of the highest fertility rates in the world.

Catalonia reported a TFR of 1.08 children per woman in 2023, down from 1.10 in 2023. The TFR was 1.04 for Spanish citizens and 1.29 for foreigners. In the province of Barcelona, the TFR declined to 1.04, among the lowest of any larger metropolitan areas in Europe.

Hungary just released its regional fertility rates for 2024. They ranged from 1.04 children per woman in Budapest to over 1.7 in the northeastern parts of the country. Hungary has one of the most pronounced urban/rural contrasts among developed countries.

Ukraine - death/birth ratio H1 2025 from

According to Jürgen Osterhammel the extreme suburbization in America and Australia compared to Paris, Vienna,... before 1945 has nothing to do with "cheap land" or an "Anglo preference for single family homes". There is another more important reason->