Coronavirus: Pandemic leads to baby bust rather than boom

Coronavirus: Pandemic leads to baby bust rather than boom
dw.com
3/13/2021
Aida Sofic Salihbegovic
Everybody thought that 2020 would be the baby boom year. But that's unlikely to be the case. And the reason is, surprisingly, not the coronavirus.
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The pandemic has had life-changing effects for everyone — some of them are for the better
As things stand, the coronavirus pandemic didn't contribute to population growth last year — at least not in the largest EU countries.
After the terrible first wave of the epidemic claimed thousands of lives, Italy recorded the widest gap between births and deaths since the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. According to data by the national statistics agency Istat, the country recorded an estimated 400,000 births and more than 746,000 deaths. On top of that, number of marriages fell by more than half, which suggests that there will be fewer babies in Italy in 2021.

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