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The US birth rate hit another record low in 2019. Experts fear we're facing a 'demographic time bomb' that could be fast-tracked by the pandemic.
The US birth rate declined 1% between 2018 and 2019, hitting a 35-year low. The trend is a part of …
Anna Medaris Miller
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More and more women just don't want children: 'Kids are expensive and sticky'
Eight women in their 20s, 30, and 40s opened up to Insider about their decision to not have kids: "…
Hillary Hoffower
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The US fertility rate just hit a record-low - and it could signal a 'demographic time bomb'
In the most extreme cases, such as in the so-called "demographic time bomb" that has formed in Japa…
Chris Weller
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Falling birth rates are freaking countries out and spawning dubious fixes like tax breaks, cheaper cars, and free surgery
Countries are trying everything to combat declining fertility rates, with some eye-popping approach…
Joshua Zitser
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Plummeting fertility rates are making Asian countries worry about running out of soldiers
Declining fertility rates in South Korea, Japan, and China are making the countries think hard abou…
Joshua Zitser
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Babies are a status symbol in today's economy: It's the 'haves and have-nots' of who can afford children
A sociologist explains how today's expensive cost of living and unaffordable childcare have put a b…
Hillary Hoffower
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Abortion-ban 'trigger laws' with 'very broad language about when life begins' could disrupt procedures like IVF at a time when fertility rates are declining, experts say
Advocates say there isn't a clear distinction between embryos that are discarded in abortion proced…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The declining American birth rate is unlikely to bounce back, new study says
Experts are debating whether the pandemic baby bust will be permanent or temporary. A new Brookings…
Hillary Hoffower
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South Korean men can get $730 to reverse their vasectomies, an extreme attempt to increase the birth rate
Seoul offers $730 for vasectomy and tubal ligation reversals to address its low fertility rate. Sou…
Joshua Zitser
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The UN says the world's population could be 5 times bigger by 2300
At present, countries like Japan and South Korea have fertility rates well below replacement levels…
Chris Weller
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Elon Musk thinks the 'world's population is accelerating towards collapse' - here's the reality
In addition, analyses from Our World in Data show the global fertility rates tending toward just un…
Chris Weller
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The world faces a low-fertility future that will 'completely reconfigure' the global economy
Elon Musk has voiced concern about what he regards as impending "population collapse."
Rebecca Rommen
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More and more Americans are losing interest in having kids
Some childless adults don't want to parent because it's too expensive. But more than half of those …
Hillary Hoffower,Madison Hoff
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Don't believe the hype: Global fertility rates are falling but it's nothing to panic about, population expert says
A recent study predicted that the population of almost every country will shrink and some will halv…
Sophia Ankel
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Throwing money at plunging birth rates won't solve the issue, demography experts say
Financial incentives like baby allowances and cash schemes being rolled out by some countries won't…
Joshua Zitser
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More than half of child-free Americans under 50 who don't think they'll ever have kids say they just don't want them
Fifty-seven percent of Americans under 50 and without kids said they just don't want to have any, a…