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However, this level of immigration is not sustainable in the long term and is already considered politically destabilizing. The forecast also predicts that by 2080, the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio could reach 300%, indicating a profound economic destabilization driven largely by demographic shifts and fiscal pressures.
The Fertility Crisis: A Rapid Decline in Birth Rates
More troubling still is the decline in native birth rates. Data for younger generations, especially Gen Z aged 16–25, shows a sharp fall in fertility rates. Experts like demographer Paul Morland warn that within about 10 years, Britain—and potentially other Western countries—may see fertility rates plummet to South Korean levels, around 0.8 children per woman.