2020 was a landmark year for demography. It is very likely that the annual number of deaths will exceed that of births for the first time in Hong Kong’s history. Nearby Taiwan also had 10,246 more deaths than births. In South Korea births were down 10.6 per cent from 2019. I could go on. But if governments can remove the barriers to marriage and raise the marriage rate, there would likely be a significant increase in total fertility rates.
Author Archives: Shannon Roberts
Shannon Roberts is co-editor of MercatorNet's blog on population issues, Demography is Destiny. While she has a background as a barrister, writing has been a life-long passion and she has contributed to a range of publications.
She has regularly written on demographic issues for almost a decade, and her writing informs both academic teaching and international debate.
Shannon balances her writing with her other passion - her family. She has three beautiful children and lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
