The Egyptian President urges birthrate to be reduce in the most populous Arab country’s in the world. The President is urging the implementation of measures to decrease country’s birthrate. These action are part of the government’s drives to tackle democratic challenges and foster sustainable population growth.
In references to the statistic of the previous population census. Egypt’s population approximate to 105 million people. Ranking Egypt amongst the most populous countries in Africa and Arab world.
More so, the ongoing population is actively fueled by high birth rate and advancement in the healthcare. Despite the fact that country faces challenges posed by limited arable land and resources.
As a results, on Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-sisi called for proactive measures to reduce the birthrate in the Arab World’s most populous country. Drawing a parallel with China’s one-child policy as an illustrative example.
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“The leader of the country, with a population of 105 million inhabitants, remarked, “We need 400,000 births per year,” despite having recorded almost 2.2 million births in 2022.”
President Sisi stepped in during a conference when his Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, asserted that, “having children is a matter of complete freedom.”
President remark by stating. ” I do not agree with your idea that having children is a matter of complete freedom.”
At last, “leaving their freedom to people who potentially do not know the extent of the challenge? In the end, it is the whole society and Egyptian state which will pay the price,” he said, during the worst economic crisis in the country’s history.
Nevertheless, China actively enforced its one-child policy in 1979, restricting urban couples to having only one child. It resulted into controversial consequences like gender imbalances and an aging population. In 2015, China proactively shifted to a Two-child policy to address these issues and support economic sustainability.
