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From discos to letters: How countries are combating low birth rates

Franciszek Józef Beszłej
 30.05.2026, 09:12
Lithuania proposed bringing back government-sponsored discos while Japan introduced a matchmaking app. Photo: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images, Yu Chun Christopher Wong/S3studio/Getty Images
Lithuania proposed bringing back government-sponsored discos while Japan introduced a matchmaking app. Photo: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images, Yu Chun Christopher Wong/S3studio/Getty Images

In Poland, fertility rates dropped from 1.991 in 1990 to 1.068 in 2025 well below the replacement level.