{"id":341102,"date":"2026-05-06T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germans-still-want-children-so-why-arent-they-having-them-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:00:34","slug":"germans-still-want-children-so-why-arent-they-having-them-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germans-still-want-children-so-why-arent-they-having-them-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Germans still want children: So why aren&#8217;t they having them? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/45Nm3rByG3s\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Germans still want children: So why aren't they having them? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/45Nm3rByG3s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The latest birth rate numbers from Germany show Germans had fewer children per person in 2025 than at any point since the end of the Second World War. 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