Tag: birth rates
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The weak may inherit Heaven, but they surely won’t be inheriting a nation and a state
Historically, for most of history, the greatest risk and challenge for the Maltese people was survival and avoiding ethnic cleansing. This challenged abated some time after Malta’s occupation by the Knights of Saint John, who turned Malta into a highly economic active and deadly maritime outpost. The Maltese population grew from around 30,000 people to…
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Malta with the lowest fertility rate in the EU: record drop in EU fertility rate
Malta has kept its position with the lowest birth rate in the EU as the fertility rate in the EU dropped to record levels, according to the latest Eurostat figures. The total EU fertility rate in 2023 was 1.38 live births per woman, down from 1.46 in 2022. The EU country with the highest fertility…
