What are the people in their 20s thinking and doing?
Some of them are thriving and are starting families, studying, starting companies, active in politics and investing in their culture.
Some of them are playing it safe and taking no chances and waiting to see what will happen next.
Some of them are planing to leave and go to a place where they can thrive.
Finding data on each country’s situation is difficult and the links below on population decline give part of the picture.
Is the population growing or not?
Many national populations are shrinking around the world.
Some examples:
Russia
Russia’s Demographic Vanishing Act: A Warning From History
China
A town in northeast China has shrunk by a third since 2010. Here’s one family’s story
Italy
Italy’s demographic crisis worsens as births hit record low
United Kingdom
The baby bust: how Britain’s falling birthrate is creating …
Japan
Japanese population down record 900,000, 16th straight yr of decline
Denmark
Declining fertility is a huge problem for Denmark
Ukraine
Ukraine stares down the barrel of population collapse
Saudi Arabia
Grim warning: Writer warns of declining population in Saudi Arabia
Middle East fertility slump: Fewer babies, big problems?
Vietnam
From baby booms to birth slumps, Vietnam has seen it all
Summary for various nations
Large Population Decline Expected in China and India
Why Japan’s Population Collapse Is Europe’s Next Disaster
My thoughts:
Some of these nations are at war. Some are not.
Denmark is usually considered a happy, contended place.
There is a global worldview crisis, People are not optimistic and see no compiling reason to invest in the future.
I believe this is a clear point of contact for evangelism.
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