"Lack of choice, not desire" is reason for global fertility crisis, say UN in a new report, after a massive new global survey ...

Ahead of Mother’s Day this year, the White House has been exploring various policies to boost America’s low birth rate, including a baby bonus (i.e. government cash transfers at the time of a ...

South Korea, for example, which currently has one of the lowest total fertility rates in the world at 0.7 lifetime births per woman, has been below replacement-rate fertility for four decades.

WARSAW — Declining birth rates are a major societal problem for multiple countries around the world. Typically, the reasons given for this demographic crisis are economic or lifestyle, where ...

As the Trump administration floats potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth rate, experts tell PBS News that increasing a country’s birth rate is a heavy lift — if it’s possible at all.

For example, the birth rate of Finland, which provides free universal child care and health care, hit 1.32 in 2022, below the replacement level of 2.1.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned of a global birth rate crisis after surveying people in 14 countries. Some 14,000 people were questioned as part of the study, and one in five had ...

But if other developed nations with declining birth rates are any example, simply throwing money at young couples — or even fortifying social welfare — isn’t incentive enough.

Media Screen time blamed for cross-cultural drop in birth rates Writers Noel King and Miles Bryan speculate young adults are too plugged in to pair up with others ...

Vatican City, Sep 4, 2024 / 15:16 pm. Pope Francis praised the high birth rate of Indonesia during his first official meeting with the country’s leaders on Wednesday, calling public attention to ...

Pope Francis praised the high birth rate of Indonesia during his first official meeting with the country’s leaders on Wednesday, calling public attention to global demographics and sustainable ...

“In America, for example, over half of 18- to 34-year-olds are neither in a steady relationship nor living with a partner. Furthermore, most single Americans don’t feel much pressure to find a ...