Keyword "birth rates" - List of latest news (102 results)

20:44 Report: Trump Admin Muses Incentives, Including $5K Baby Bonus

The Trump administration is reportedly considering several different ways to increase U.S. birth rates after historic declines.

16/04 Elon Musk offered mother of his 13th child millions to keep quiet, report

Elon Musk’s vision of a future teetering on the brink of collapse has long fuelled his personal crusade to populate the planet with “high intelligence” offspring, it has been reported.

01/04 Opinion: Does our country's low birth rate concern you? | The Excerpt

We asked: Do you agree with Millennials and Gen Zers who are waiting longer to have kids - or deciding not to have them at all?

19/03 Toilet pic exposes huge Aussie hospital issue

A NSW mother who was forced to give birth in a toilet cubicle because her local hospital has no labour ward has lashed out at the lack of rural services for expectant women.

20/02 Farage: Revive 'Judeo-Christian' Values to Solve Birthrate Problem

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage argued that a revival of "Judeo-Christian" values and "optimism" are needed to confront plunging birth rates. 

03/02 The countries getting smaller as Elon Musk warns 'it's world's biggest problem'

The world's population is growing but in some countries birth rates are plummeting - so do we have too many people or too few?

28/01 JD Vance is making it clear: We need to make American families great again

Vice President JD Vance has become the champion of traditional family life that most Americans didn’t know we needed.

23/01 'Labour should beware ticking time bomb that could hammer public services'

Sir Keir Starmer has plenty on his plate, but this phenomenon could hit Labour where it hurts.

15/01 French Birthrate Falls to Lowest Level Since End of First World War

The birth rate in France fell to its lowest level last year since the end of the First World War, according to figures from the INSEE.

12/01 Oh baby! A decline in birth rate shows how US - and the world - are changing

The U.S. has seen a decline in birth rates since the Great Recession as society changes its tune on parenthood and family planning.

27/12 Russians offered 1mn roubles to have baby as Putin panic over 'ethnic survival'

Russia has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.

21/12 US sees highest population growth in over 2 decades. What's the cause?

Immigration this year led to the sharpest increase in population since 2001, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

18/12 A fine of up to 43,000 euros – Putin is now declaring war on childless women

Demographic researchers predict that Russia will experience a dramatic population decline. Putin has now identified the alleged culprits: women who don't want to have children. A new law provides for tough measures. However, the downward trend has a completely different reason.

28/11 Panic in South Korea - low wages, long days and fears population set to collapse

South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world, forcing the government to introduce measures to encourage women to have more children.

14/11 New York state’s population could drop by 2 million people come 2050, shocking study finds

New York state’s population could plummet by more than 2 million people by 2050 – a drop of more than 13%, a shocking new study claims.

09/11 Babies Born to British Mothers Falls by 25 Per Cent over 15 Years

The ONS revealed that the number of babies born to British mothers fell to a record low, collapsing by 25 per cent over the past 15 years.

29/10 The huge country with the world's largest population that wants more babies

Despite being home to about a sixth of the world's eight billion people, women in the most populous country on earth are being advised to have at least two children.

17/10 ‘Selfish’: AFL star’s wild baby rant

An AFL legend and local radio star has unloaded on Gen Z and millennial Aussies, branding them “selfish” for not having children in an unscripted radio rant that left his fellow host baffled.

08/10 Mind-blowing map shows 'overcrowded circle' where 50% of world's population live

A teacher observed and verified that more people live inside a circle comprising 19 nations - including China, India and Southeast Asian countries - than in the rest of the world.

04/10 Panic in Greece as country spends £18bn to address 'ticking time bomb'

In the wake of a "national threat" Greece is to spend £18 billion to address a "ticking time bomb".

16/09 Panic in Greece as 'empty villages' and low births leaves country 'scrambling'

A Greek official has called the crisis 'the biggest threat that Greece is faced with'.

13/09 ‘Crisis’ in Greece, Spain, Italy and France - ‘we need more babies’

A major European country has outlined measures to boost its tumbling birth rate on Thursday, including vouchers, benefits and tax breaks for new parents.

11/09 Prince Hisahito turns 18 – highlighting a big problem for Japan’s royal family

Prince Hisahito turns 18 – highlighting a big problem for Japan’s royal family - Prince Hisahito becomes first male from royal family to reach adulthood in four decades

09/09 Birth Rate Collapse: China Turning Kindergartens into Nursing Homes

China's Global Times highlighted a growing trend in the country on Sunday of refurbishing kindergarten facilities into nursing homes.

04/09 US surgeon general’s anti-parent doom will only worsen US fertility crisis

Americans are better off leaving the surgeon general’s prescriptions on parenthood unfilled. 

26/08 Spain in crisis as key metric falls by 25 percent - but Balearic Islands spared

Spain's birth rate plummets by 25 percent in a decade ‌

22/07 'Crazy' Putin blamed for Russian 'erectile dysfunction epidemic'

The professor decided to speak out after women were blamed for the falling birth rates in Russia.

21/07 Peak global population is approaching, thanks to lower fertility rates: Graphics explain

Global population peak is coming sooner than expected thanks to fertility rates that have declined by one-child-per-woman in the past 30 years.

21/06 Birth Rate Collapse: South Korea Declares ‘Demographic National Emergency’

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a “demographic national emergency” and promised to spare no effort in increasing birth rates.

08/06 Japan launches a dating app after the birth rate declines... Will it work?

Japan launches a dating app after the birth rate declines... Will it work?

05/06 Japan's birth rate hits new record low for eighth consecutive year

The data highlights the problems that the Japanese country has been facing for some time, such as the rapid aging and decline of its population, which have serious implications for the economy and national security.

17/05 Why it will take more than money to make Australian women have kids 'for the country'

For decades, women in Australia have been told they should have more children for the good of the country, but  there's many reasons why more are choosing to stay child free. 

14/05 China Turns to ‘Marxist Population Theory’ to Fix Birth Rate Collapse

Chinese officials recommend using “Marxist Population Theory” to “analyze" China's declining demographics.

13/05 Birth rates are falling rapidly around the world: there is alarm in the international community

The effects of this demographic transition are already being felt in several sectors, including education and real estate, and pose significant challenges for financing care for an aging population.

26/04 CDC: U.S. Birth Rate at Record Low After Pandemic Boost

The decrease is ultimately a return to the two-decades-long trend of Americans having fewer children after a small boost during the pandemic.

25/04 What age are women having babies? What the falling fertility rate tells us.

Women aged 30 to 34 had the highest birth rate of any age group in 2023, a spot previously held by younger women, researchers said.

25/04 US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound: experts

U.S. births were slipping for more than a decade before COVID-19 hit, then dropped 4% from 2019 to 2020. They ticked up for two straight years after that, an increase experts attributed, in part, t…

24/04 Russia 'dying' as Vladimir Putin is sent dire warning about one major problem

Russia is on the brink of a major demographic crisis due to a catastrophically low birth rate.

05/04 Opinion | The Birth Dearth and the Smartphone Age

Can we make our phones serve a family-friendly society rather than undermine childhood?

03/04 Scientist warns 'alarm bells ringing' for UK after bleak 2025 prediction

EXCLUSIVE: Global fertility rates are falling off a cliff face, with the UK just years away from facing a population crisis, a scientist has warned.

01/04 What Happened When This Italian Province Invested in Babies

The area around Bolzano has a thick network of family support provided by the government. That means a steady birthrate in a country facing a demographic plunge.

22/03 For these reasons.. Britain needs immigrants until the year 2100

A study published by The Lancet revealed that declining birth rates will make Britain heavily dependent on immigration during the remainder of the century.

11/03 End Adoption Secrecy

I had a right to my story.

03/03 It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem. I’m 33.

Meet the 1990 and 1991 babies, a massive microgeneration in lifelong competition for America’s economic resources, reshaping the world around them.

01/03 Welcome to Japan, Where the Bad News Is the Good News

The trend lines may be grim, but the Japanese aren’t sweating them.

29/02 Putin’s deranged nuclear threat to West

Vladimir Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the West if they send troops into Ukraine.

28/02 Opinion | The Red-Blue Divide Goes Well Beyond Biden and Trump

Births and deaths are only part of what makes America turn left or right.

28/02 A Land Once Emptied by War Now Faces a Peacetime Exodus

Bosnia is being hit by a combination of a low birthrate and emigration, a trend fueled by ethnic tensions and disgust with corruption.

22/02 Americans are having fewer children and this could affect the future of the country's economy

The drop in the birth rate is largely due to economic instability and concerns about climate change, which has resulted in an average of 1.6 children per woman, a figure below the population replacement threshold of 2 ,1

14/02 Why the Year of the Dragon doesn’t bode well for China’s declining population

The Chinese zodiac year is seen as an auspicious time to have a baby, but experts say high youth unemployment and economic turmoil make a big rise in the birth rate unlikely.

09/02 ‘Freebirthing’ trend puts newborn babies at risk of death and seizures, experts warn

Sure, they’re born free — but taking the risky route could come at a high cost.

02/02 Opinion | The Varieties of Anti-Natalism — and the Roots of a Demographic Crisis

From overpopulation fears to careful bourgeois life scripts.

02/02 Opinion | The Gender Split and the ‘Looming Apocalypse of the Developed World’

Gen Z is divided over politics. What will the fallout be?

02/02 How Shrinking Populations Fuel Divisive Politics

A look into the future shows the importance of immigration.

31/01 Opinion | Think the Baby Bust Was Bad Before? Just Look at It Now.

We need to appreciate just how severe the global decline in birthrates is getting.

29/01 She Issued a Call to ‘#MakeJewishBabies.’ Some Are Taking It Seriously.

Irina Barskaya, a 33-year-old woman in Brooklyn, felt a pull to have children with another Jew after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. She’s not the only one.

29/01 For New Moms in Seoul, 3 Weeks of Pampering and Sleep at a Joriwon

Some new mothers say postpartum care centers are the best part of childbirth in South Korea, where fewer people are deciding to have children because of high costs.

21/01 South Africa’s ageing population comes with new challenges. How best to adapt to them

In general, an ageing population puts added pressure on the working-age population to be more productive – just to maintain total output – amid growing fiscal constraints.

18/01 Demographic Decline: France Sees Lowest Number of Births Since WWII

The number of births in France has fallen to its lowest level since the Second World War in a grim indicator of Western demographic collapse.

17/01 Crisis for China's economy as number of babies being born plummets

The latest population data is likely to reinforce concerns about the economy, as China has long relied on an ageing workforce as a key driver.

17/01 U.S. Strikes Houthis Again, and China’s Population Decline

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17/01 China Told Women to Have Babies, but Its Population Shrank Again

Faced with falling births, China’s efforts to stabilize a shrinking population and maintain economic growth are failing.

12/01 Thousands of schools across the country at risk of closing

The trend is projected to continue over the next decade.

29/12 The earth gained 75 million humans in 2023. The US population grew at half the global rate

The U.S. Census Bureau projects the national population will be nearly 336 million on New Year's Day, an increase of .53% over 2023.

12/12 Australia faces impossible birthrate problem

As Australia’s government unveils a new migration strategy to clamp down on increasingly out-of-control population growth, other countries are grappling with the opposite problem.

06/12 ‘Oracle of Wall Street’: Men aren’t having sex because of sports betting

Apparently sports betting is the reason men aren’t buying homes and having sex.

05/12 Kim Jong Un tearfully implores North Korean women to have more kids in national address

North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un tearfully pleaded with his insular nation’s women to have more children to offset a declining birth rate.

02/12 Opinion | Is South Korea Disappearing?

What a dramatic birth dearth portends for Koreans and the world.

01/12 Sagging birth rates are as bad for the US as illegal migrants

“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future,” President JFK once said. Actually, they are the only future a family has, the only future a nation has.

29/11 Ending Roe Was Supposed to Reduce Abortions. It Didn’t.

States that banned abortion after the Dobbs decision saw more births. But nationwide, terminations rose slightly.

29/11 China launches probe into surrogacy, fake paternity tests in Wuhan

Chinese authorities have suspended a hospital and a judicial institute in Wuhan amid investigations on the issuance of fake birth certificates and surrogacy.

26/11 Opinion | Young Chinese Women Are Defying the Communist Party

Refusing to be pushed into traditional child-rearing roles, young women in China are quietly posing a challenge for its male-dominated government.

22/11 How Many Abortions Did the Post-Roe Bans Prevent?

The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions carried their pregnancies to term.

21/11 Russian female prisoners should get ‘vacation’ to get pregnant, help birth rate: Kremlin lawmaker

About 45,000 female prisoners in Russia should be released in order to get pregnant, a far-right Kremlin lawmaker proposed.

13/11 Vermont May Be the Face of a Long-Term U.S. Labor Shortage

Employers are pulling out all the stops to attract workers as the state’s population grows older, offering a likely glimpse of the country’s future.

09/11 Italy Misses a #MeToo Moment in Meloni’s Breakup

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni dumped her partner after leaks about come-ons to colleagues. But workplace harassment is still being taken for granted.

03/11 Opinion | Two Ways of Looking at the West’s Population Dilemma

Old age and mass migration are the great forces of the 21st century.

02/11 China’s Male Leaders Signal to Women That Their Place Is in the Home

The Communist Party’s solution to the country’s demographic crisis and a slowing economy is to push women back into traditional roles.

01/11 Infant Deaths Have Risen for the First Time in 20 Years

The increases were particularly stark among babies born to Native American, Alaska Native and white mothers in 2022. Rates among Black infants remained highest of all.

30/10 Mass migration is future unless our falling birth rate is reversed’

Tory MP Miriam Cates has warned the UK could be heading for "destabilising mass immigration" unless the decline of fertility rates is reversed.

29/10 Inside the town with no children as island faces population halving by 2050

A recent statistic paints a bleak picture for the southern regions of Italy, especially Sardinia.

26/10 City pays $4000 for residents to have babies

Hong Kong will pay new parents more than $4000 for having a baby as the city’s birthrate plummets.

20/09 Opinion | The Hope at the Bottom of the ‘Child Care Cliff’

Demographic factors draining Social Security may force Congress to act to sustain our broken child care system.

18/09 Singapore’s birth rate is falling and ‘throwing money’ at the problem won’t solve it

Singapore's birth rate reached a record low in 2022 as high cost of living in the country steers couples away from expanding their family.

16/09 Opinion | There’s Still Overwhelming Cultural Pressure to Get Married and Have Kids

Why friendships struggle across this divide.

09/09 Why some women have ‘smaller babies’

New research has shown that pregnant women exposed to air pollution give birth to smaller babies.

07/09 ‘Do more with less’: expert wants more annual leave for Aussies

A workplace expert has called for Australia to fall in line with its overseas counterparts and increase annual leave from four weeks to six.

30/08 PM’s passionate plea to the nation

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the date of the Voice referendum revealing voters will go to the polls on October 14.

28/08 Opinion | The Scientist Who Foresaw China’s Stagnation

Yi Fuxian long ago predicted that China’s economic future would hinge on its demographic choices.

08/08 Seeking love in South Korea - with a little help from the government

A growing number of city authorities are arranging matchmaking events in the hope of stimulating the country’s birth rate

20/06 Sad lie surrounding Aussie birth-rate collapse

The number of babies born in NSW public hospitals has dropped to their lowest levels in more than a decade, new data can reveal.

15/06 Gen Z, Millennials lazier workers than Gen X and Boomers: study

Millennials and Gen Z can no longer say they’re the hardworking generation, with new data proving they’re lazier than their senior counterparts.

04/06 10 ways Millennials can retire before 70

Retiring ahead of the pension age may seem like wishful thinking, but a long-term investor has delivered a glimmer of hope for those prepared to get finance-savvy.

31/05 Generations ‘peeved’ over new pension age

Working Australians have lashed out at new modelling suggesting the country’s pension age should increase to 70 years by 2050.

09/05 NY’s birth rate declines as young people ditch Empire State, data shows

Young people moving out of the Empire State — compounded by a lack of affordable childcare and housing — continue to spiral the trend downward, experts say.  

19/04 ’Depressing as hell’ Musk fears for end of world

Elon Musk admitted he doesn’t know whether alien life exists — and that he wouldn’t be able to keep it a secret if it was discovered.

24/03 China’s dark plan for ‘leftover women’

China’s “social credit score” system has taken a dark new twist. What you do, drink, buy and say could now determine whom you are allowed to date.

16/03 State Aussies are fleeing in droves

One Australian state has lost thousands of residents in recent months, who are seemingly preferring the warmer weather of other regions of Australia, new data suggests.

13/03 ‘Toxic’: Plans for 69 hour work week

Just as Australia and many other nations move closer towards the idea of a four-day working week – one nation is going in a radically different direction.

10/03 Politician to become grandma at 36

US politician Lauren Boebert has announced that her 17-year-old son Tyler and his girlfriend are expecting a child next month.

17/01 China records stunning 60-year first

China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed on Tuesday, as the world’s most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.

12/01 US births continue to decline as nearly half of women under 45 are childless: study

The number of births in the US has continued to decline — repeating a decades-long trend — as nearly half of American women under 45 are childless, according to a new study. About 52% of women between the ages of 15 to 44 gave birth between 2015 to 2019 — a drop from nearly 55% in the prior four-year period, according to the study published by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics Tuesda