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OPINION - Falling birth rates and shrinking populations could be worse than climate change — we must prepare for demographic winter

Like an unwanted swallow out of season, the signs are that much of the world is entering a demographic winter with Britain, North America and Europe in the lead.

Evening Standard

Govt to push artificial insemination to boost birth rate

CHIANG MAI: The Ministry of Public Health will soon announce measures to promote artificial insemination among people wanting to be parents.

Bangkok Post

Declining Birth Rates: Why More Americans are Having Fewer Children

Discover why the average American family is choosing to have fewer children. Economic factors, career choices, and environmental concerns all play a role.

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Primary schools in England close, merge and shrink as pupil numbers fall

London boroughs among hardest hit due to falling birth rate and family struggles with Covid and rising costs

The Guardian - UK

Falling local birth rate could force north London maternity services to close

Maternity services at the Royal Free and the Whittington could be shut under NHS plans

Evening Standard

North Korea confronts a modern-day challenge: a declining population

In a rare admission, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country's birth rate is too low. Experts see no working solution for a looming population crisis.

WEKU

Kim Jong Un Breaks Down On Camera As He Asks North Korean Women To Have More Children

This comes as North Korea tries to come up with solutions to its declining birth rate.

International Business Times UK

Kim Jong-un cries as he begs North Korean women to help halt a decline in country’s birth rate

The average number of children being born to a woman in North Korea, stood at 1.8

The Independent UK

Hong Kong hopes a one-off $2500 check for new parents will help lift one of the developed world's lowest birth rates

Hong Kong's chief executive announced the 'baby bonus' on Wednesday—but much larger checks elsewhere in Asia haven't lifted birth rates.

Fortune

China’s birth rate crisis is so intense that Nestlé is closing a baby formula plant as demand dwindles

Nestlé operations in Askeaton, Ireland, will be moved to China and Switzerland, as falling births in China dent baby formula demand.

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How have US fertility and birth rates changed over time?

Women in the US are having fewer children and starting families later in life.

The Conversation

How gender inequality is hindering Japan's economic growth

Japan’s economy is under pressure from rising energy prices and defence costs and the impact of the pandemic. Plummeting birth rates and an ageing population further threaten the sustainability of its labour market. A 2023 study by independent thinktank the Recruit Works Institute points to a labour supply shortage of…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida calls for paternity leave to boost birth rate

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his resolve to promote paternity leave during a speech on Sunday at Waseda University, his alma mater.

Reuters

Japan demographic woes deepen as birth rate hits record low

Japan's birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry said on Friday, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly.

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The Guardian - UK

Don’t blame climate anxiety for declining birth rate

Letter: Michael Daniell says young people are simply choosing not to have children

Bristol Post

Bristol headteachers worried more primary schools could close

One primary school in Montpelier will close this summer after its pupil numbers fell

Bangkok Post

The baby bonus just does not work any more

I was one of five children -- not seen as a particularly big family in Newfoundland at the time -- and there was one year when we allegedly beat Guatemala to have the highest birth rate in the world. (That's probably not true, but people were proud of it anyway.)

The Independent UK

Education system is destroying children’s hope for the future, says Tory MP

Miriam Cates said falling birth rates were ‘the one overarching threat’ to Western society.

ABC News

Chinese projects to build 'new-era' marriage and child-bearing culture to counter population decline

Pilot projects will be launched in more than 20 Chinese cities to encourage women to marry and have children, the latest move by authorities to boost the country's falling birth rate.

Reuters

China launches projects to build 'new-era' marriage, childbearing culture

China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a "new-era" marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child bearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost the country's falling birth rate.

Fortune

America has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations–and it’s on the rise. Here’s why we are facing a pregnancy health crisis

The U.S. birth rate is falling–yet maternal mortality is rising at an alarming rate.

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