The Latest Breaking News from Birth Rate

Japan saw record 1.6 million deaths last year as births marked a 5% fall

Tokyo even introduced a government-sponsored dating app to help people find partners.

We’re having fewer and fewer children. Why, and what does it mean for our city?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is a father to nine

Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before.

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in appalling conditions where they received no care, attention or love. Though tragic, this infamous “natural experiment” has allowed us to learn…

China's population decline and aging demographics pose challenges for the country's future. Efforts to address declining birth rates and an aging populatio...

China said Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates.

A drop in birth rates is expected due to an estimated loss in immigration