Fewer babies are being born in some parts of the world than ever before, and the reasons go far beyond the usual guesses. From sky-high living costs to shifting cultural priorities, certain countries ...

Global fertility rates are declining across regions, though not at the same pace everywhere. When viewed over time and by geography, the scale of this shift becomes clearer. Since 1950, every part of ...

Canada’s fertility rate has hit an all-time low, sparking concern among experts and politicians about the long-term ...

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing ...

President Donald Trump, a father of five who dubbed himself the “fertilization president” during Women’s History Month, has reportedly begun to float potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth ...

During the pandemic, babies were still being born and conceived, but not quite as many. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the birth rate in the United States fell 4% in 2020 ...

The government campaign is part of a wider 16-point-plan to increase French fertility rates that also includes more free egg-freezing centres.

Wealthy countries all over the world are struggling with historically low birth rates—a new study has looked at why this is the case and has a slightly different answer to what research has said ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was once among only a few ...