The Latest Breaking News from Birth Rate

China said Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates.

A drop in birth rates is expected due to an estimated loss in immigration

Russian regions will start paying young women who are full-time students nearly $1,000 to get pregnant as the nation's birth rate continues to plummet.

Tokyo earlier this year introduced a government-sponsored dating app to help people find partners.

Russia has had similar troughs in its demographics during World War II and after the fall of the Soviet Union—but things are different this time.

Couples trying to have children via IVF have been dealt a blow with the restriction of a first-in-Australia subsidy to those on lower incomes.

There is a seemingly endless stream of news headlines about plummeting birth rates. Many have alarmist narratives about the perils of “baby busts” and “population decline”. This reflects a deep-seated anxiety about what declining birth rates mean for the future of society.

"By the time you get to 2030, you're talking about a birth rate that is wildly different to what was in the assumptions made at the beginning of the decade."

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.