The Latest Breaking News from Birth Rate

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 · Dec 7, 2023

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 · Dec 5, 2023

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 · Oct 26, 2023

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.

Reuters · Jun 2, 2023

Don’t blame climate anxiety for declining birth rate

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

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Bristol headteachers worried more primary schools could close

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

Bristol Post · May 25, 2023

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.)

Bangkok Post · May 21, 2023

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.

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

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.

ABC News · May 15, 2023

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.

Reuters · May 15, 2023