Alarming figures laying bare the 'baby bust' reveal some boroughs have seen a 60 per cent decline in women having children ...

She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world, multiple disease ... as shown in the map below. This is the second-most severe ...

She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world, multiple disease ... could return home. A map showing wildfires in South Carolina.

For centuries, economists had worried that the world’s food ... Japan’s total fertility rate hit 1.3, a conservative government minister referred to women as “birth-giving machines.” ...

Wall St. Insights Healthcare outcomes tend to improve with wealth and healthcare spending. In one advanced economy, however, ...

Despite the modest increase, South Korea's birth rate remains by far the lowest in the world. Its fertility rate of 0.75 means that for every 100 women, just 75 babies are expected to be born over ...

As Colorado’s birth rate continues a 20-year decline, maternity care services have become less financially sustainable, shrinking access in several counties. The Daily Sentinel previously ...

The US birth rate has been steadily declining for over a decade. The general fertility rate reached a historic low in 2023, per the most recently available Center for Disease Control data.

Compared to 131,000 in 2023. Despite war and hardships, Israelis are choosing to expand their families, contrary to trends in ...

Pronatalist policies also seem to go against what most people want. Across cultures and religions, people overwhelmingly seek ...

In 2023, the birthrate fell for the eighth consecutive year to 0.72, the lowest in the world, from 1.24 in 2015 ... ministry devoted to tackling low birth rates. “There was a change in social ...

This rise comes after years of sustained decline, which saw South Korea’s birth rate become the lowest in the world. Officials attributed the increase to a surge in marriages, which jumped by 14 ...