The Latest Breaking News from Birth Rate

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry data

Japan saw record 1.6 million deaths last year as births marked a 5% fall

Tokyo even introduced a government-sponsored dating app to help people find partners.

Birth rate saw modest jump of 0.03 after noting a record low of 0.72 in 2023

South Korea has been grappling with its declining birth rate, among the lowest in the world

A UN population report pours cold water on Elon Musk's fears that declining birth rates will lead to "population collapse."

‘School funding is allocated on a per-pupil basis, so a decrease in enrolment directly reduces budgets’, a new report warns

The capital’s families are shrinking, as new data confirms that young women will have less children than previous generations. Why, and what does it mean for our city?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is a father to nine

Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before.

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in appalling conditions where they received no care, attention or love. Though tragic, this infamous “natural experiment” has allowed us to learn…