Latest News for: birth rates

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Exclusive - Netanyahu: How Freeing Israel’s Economy Boosted Birth Rate, Military Strength

Breitbart 29 Aug 2025
... its birth rate by freeing its economy from "semi-socialist" policies.
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Why progressives should care about falling birth rates

Financial Times 29 Aug 2025
Falling fertility levels are making the world more conservative, and may harm rather than help the planet ....
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Lower birth rates behind decline in government school enrolments: Official

India Today 29 Aug 2025
Lower birth rates behind decline in government school enrolments Official ... .
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Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to raise financial support to boost birth rate

Xinhua 29 Aug 2025
dollars) for women who give birth to two children before the age of 35, local media ... Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to raise financial support to boost birth rate.
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HCM City approves resolution to improve birth rates, including support for women with two children

Vietnam News 29 Aug 2025
The new policy aims to raise the city's total fertility rate to 1.6 children per woman (currently 1.43 per woman) under the 2030 national population strategy.  ... The programme will be funded by the state budget ... — VNS. .
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat urges Indian families to have three children amid declining birth rates

Gulf News 29 Aug 2025
Speaking on Thursday at the centenary celebrations of the RSS in New Delhi, Bhagwat said population growth can be both “an asset and a burden,” but warned that declining birth rates pose new challenges for India.
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With birth rates plummeting, space might be our best hope for a cure

The Daily Telegraph 28 Aug 2025
Britain’s birth rate is now the lowest on record; while South Korea’s is in freefall ... Birth rates are dwindling far below replacement levels, triggering a rapid decline in population unless large scale migration is able to replace losses.
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Amnesty International decries lack of accountability for China treatment of Uyghurs

Jurist 28 Aug 2025
These abuses are not isolated incidents, but reportedly part of broader state-imposed policies aimed at suppressing birth rates among the Uyghur population, amounting to a deliberate assault on their bodily autonomy and cultural survival.
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Birth rate in England, Wales falls to record low, data shows

Anadolu Agency 27 Aug 2025
The birth rate in England and Wales has dropped to a new record low, with the fertility rate falling to 1.41 children per woman in 2024, down from 1.42 in 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday.
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OPINION - Want birth rates to rise? Start by making parenting easier

London Evening Standard 27 Aug 2025
Half of all British adult women have delayed having a child or decided against it altogether, according to new Ipsos research – the latest indication that we are facing a full-blown population crisis ... .
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Global Birth Rates Are Falling, but the Answer Isn’t to Have More Babies

Scientific American 27 Aug 2025
Steep population declines in most countries are expected to have negative effects over the next several generations, but adaptation is possible ... .
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South Korea records fastest birth rate growth in June

Anadolu Agency 27 Aug 2025
South Korea saw its fastest-ever growth in births for the month of June, Yonhap News reported Wednesday, citing official data from Statistics Korea ... The country’s total fertility rate rose from ...
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Japan and South Korea Task Force To Tackle Birth Rate Crisis

Newsweek 27 Aug 2025
The nations also pledged cooperation on aging, AI and rural revitalization, among other common challenges ....
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