The Birth Dearth
Ben J. Wattenberg
<b>Birth dearth</b> is a neologism referring to falling fertility rates.  In the late 1980s, the term was used in the context of American and European society.[1]  The use of the term has since been expanded to include many other industrialized nations. It is often cited as a response to overpopulation, but is not incompatible with it. The term was coined by Ben Wattenberg
 in his 1987 book by that same name.
Countries and geographic regions that are currently experiencing falling
 population include Russia, Europe, Japan, and populations of people of 
these descents in other countries such as in the United States.
