Two in five people over 50 say they have not had as many children as they wanted - with economic issues, health concerns and ...

Japan must stop being overly optimistic about how quickly its population is going to shrink, economists have warned, as ...

According to the UNFPA's State of World Population 2025 report, India's total fertility rate has dropped to 1.9, slipping below the replacement level of 2.1. This means that, on average, Indian women ...

The nation cannot afford to ignore this inconvenient truth.The number of births among Japanese citizens in 2024 stood at ...

Unmanned operation is not the objective’ as Japanese shipping group and technology firm carry out demonstration project with ...

Globally, fertility rates have plummeted from around five children per woman in 1950 to just 2.3 today, with projections ...

Vietnam abolished its long-running two-child policy in June 2025 after decades of strict enforcement, especially among Communist ...

Economic uncertainty usually results in lower birth rates. With tariffs and fears of a recession, it might be good to wait on ...

It's often assumed that low fertility rates are due to people simply not wanting to have children, or more than one or two, ...

"The world has begun an unprecedented decline in fertility rates," says Dr Natalia Kanem, head of UNFPA. "Most people ...