Australia’s fertility rate has reached a record low. What might that mean for the economy?
- Written by Jonathan Boymal, Associate Professor of Economics, RMIT University

Australia’s fertility rate has fallen to a new record low of 1.5 babies per woman. That’s well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to sustain a country’s population.
On face value, it might not seem like a big deal. But we can’t afford to ignore this issue. The health of an economy...