WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.500 Welcome to Dating Podcasts Never Married Dating. 00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:06.379 I'm your host and we're diving into one of the 00:00:06.379 --> 00:00:09.060 most significant demographic shifts of our time. 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:12.400 The collapse of the birth rate and what it means 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:14.939 for millions of singles worldwide. This isn't 00:00:14.939 --> 00:00:18.420 just a minor shift in social behaviour. It represents 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:21.739 a fundamental transformation in how entire generations 00:00:21.739 --> 00:00:24.600 approach relationships, family formation and 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:28.070 life planning. From Tokyo to London, from San 00:00:28.070 --> 00:00:30.710 Francisco to Sydney, we're witnessing the same 00:00:30.710 --> 00:00:33.750 pattern emerge across developed nations. The 00:00:33.750 --> 00:00:37.530 numbers are truly staggering. In 2021, 25 % of 00:00:37.530 --> 00:00:39.710 40 year olds in the United States had never been 00:00:39.710 --> 00:00:44.630 married. That's up from just 20 % in 2010. We're 00:00:44.630 --> 00:00:47.130 seeing this trend accelerate globally. The United 00:00:47.130 --> 00:00:49.530 States birth rate has reached a record new low 00:00:49.530 --> 00:00:53.590 dropping to 1 .6 children per woman. United States 00:00:53.590 --> 00:00:55.909 is now below the birth replacement level of 2 00:00:55.909 --> 00:00:58.909 .1 children per woman that is needed to maintain 00:00:58.909 --> 00:01:02.030 a stable population. Never married singles in 00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:04.049 the United States are the largest group of single 00:01:04.049 --> 00:01:08.230 people, making up 66 .93 % of all single Americans. 00:01:09.629 --> 00:01:14.290 37 .9 % of adults have never married as of 2021. 00:01:14.810 --> 00:01:17.790 The European Union is experiencing similar declines, 00:01:18.129 --> 00:01:21.189 with only four marriages per 1 ,000 people in 00:01:21.189 --> 00:01:24.739 2023. That's 1 .8 million marriages compared 00:01:24.739 --> 00:01:28.260 to 700 ,000 divorces. What's driving this shift? 00:01:28.420 --> 00:01:30.280 The average marriage age has risen dramatically. 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:34.959 In the 1950s, people married at 20 and 22. By 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:39.340 2016, that jumped to 27 and 29, a staggering 00:01:39.340 --> 00:01:42.099 89 percent of the world's population now lives 00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:44.680 in countries with falling marriage rates. But 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:47.480 these aren't just numbers on a spreadsheet. Behind 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.000 each statistic is a person navigating an increasingly 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.900 complex dating landscape. Economic pressures, 00:01:54.379 --> 00:01:57.459 career demands, student debt, housing costs, 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.980 and changing social expectations have all contributed 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:04.040 to this unprecedented shift in relationship patterns. 00:02:04.459 --> 00:02:06.980 Here's another striking statistic. Never married 00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:11.699 singles represent 66 .93 % of all single Americans. 00:02:11.979 --> 00:02:15.759 That breaks down to 75 .2 % of single men. and 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.240 59 % of single women. Pennsylvania leads the 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.219 nation in never married adults. 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