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Countries with the world’s lowest birth rates
Countries with the world’s lowest birth rates
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Putin asks employees to have sex during work breaks to boost Russia’s declining birth rates. But this isn’t the first time a leader has addressed the fertility crisis weirdly.
Countries worldwide are grappling with falling fertility rates, leading to a resurgence of pronatal…
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Reverse Colonialism? UK sees massive boom in migrant populations even as local birth rates decline, with Indians leading the pack
The UK's population rose to 68.3 million in 2023, driven by record levels of net international migr…
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India’s population will peak at 1.7 billion around 2060, only to start tumbling down after that: UN report
The UN report paints a picture of a changing world order with India's rise as the world's most popu…
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World Population Day: 10 countries undergoing the biggest population crises
Here are ten countries with significantly shrinking populations, as per the World Population Review…
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Japanese govt to launch official dating app to help citizens find love and save the country; do these platforms even work?
Japan's marriage rate has fallen to an all-time low, with the country’s Health Ministry reporting a…
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A Russian politician says the country needs a 'special demographic operation' to boost its birth rate, which has crashed to a 25-year-low
"We must organize ourselves and conduct another special operation," said Nina Ostanina, the head of…
Huileng Tan
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Asia's governments think people not having sex or dating may be tanking their birth rates. That's not the full picture.
One expert told BI that there is "very little, if hard any evidence at all" to show that pro-natali…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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After 'one-child policy', China emphasises on a 'pro-birth agenda' to tackle shrinking population
Amid China's ongoing demographic crisis, the new 'pro-birth agenda' set up by the Communist Party d…
ANI
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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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Indianapolis is the US city with the highest birth rate, study finds, which could have an impact on its future
Out of the 37 largest US cities, Indianapolis tops the list for highest birth rates, with Seattle l…
Joshua Zitser
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Nearly all countries will struggle to maintain population levels by 2100, thanks to crashing birth rates: IHME
Over three-quarters of countries are expected to struggle to maintain their population sizes by 205…
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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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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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Millennial and Gen X are developing 17 types of cancers far more frequently than older generations, study finds
Cancer rates has surged among younger generations, with significant increases in pancreatic, kidney…
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Tokyo is launching a dating app where users have to verify their income and promise they want to get married, as Japan fights tumbling birth rates
Japan is facing critically low marriage and birth rates, prompting the government to take "unpreced…
Polly Thompson
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China's birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies
China has been stepping up measures to encourage marriage and parenthood.
Huileng Tan
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I had my first baby in Switzerland and the second after moving home to Chicago. Giving birth in the US left much to be desired.
Chantal Panozzo gave birth in the US after having her first abroad. She felt there was something ve…
Chantal Panozzo
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Nestlé plans to close an infant formula factory due to China's plunging birth rate
Food giant Nestlé said it plans to shut down an infant formula factory, citing China's falling birt…
Thibault Spirlet
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China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank.
China is one of the most unaffordable places in the world to raise a child, ranking higher than the…