Danish nurseries offer free childcare so parents can make more babies Ms Nyman said if their evening was successful, Grasshoppers kindergarten would be happy to host more events in the future. Many parents have apparently said they will take advantage of the evening, but not for the reason intended. "Lots say, 'We'll bring our children to the party but you won't be getting any more children out of us,"" Ms Nyman said. Demographers fear the declining population could undermine the welfare system. Denmark's birth rate is 185th in the world and in 2011, 4,400 fewer Danish children were born than in 2010. For the first three months of 2012, the number declined even further with this year due to be the lowest birth rate in the country since 1988. Hans Oluf Hansen, former professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen, said: "Our fertility rate is well under the replacement rate. In the long run, there will be fewer young people to provide for the elderly. According to experts, the continued decline in birth rates in Denmark is because fewer families are having a third and fourth child, which would help compensate for those with one or no children. For the population to remain at a constant level, experts say that the fertility rate must be slightly above two children per woman, but last year, the fertility rate was 1.76 per woman. Ms Nyman said the lack of children meant the future funding of local nurseries was uncertain. Without money we can't look after the children well, and if there aren't enough children, there are not enough jobs for our workers.