From the cost of childcare to the housing crisis, there’s no shortage of explanations for the dramatic global fall in the number of babies being born. These analyses, though, are all missing something ...

The number of births in China, which has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates, fell by 17 percent in 2025.

But his paper also reveals that the housing market’s failure to provide three-bedroom units is a massive driver of our ...

The American population is becoming older, with the proportion of baby boomers increasing while birth rates are declining, according to the newly released Vintage 2024 Population Estimates by the U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unfortunately for demographers, birth rates are hard to predict far into the future. gremlin/E+ via Getty Images Pronatalism – the ...

Fewer Alaska babies are being born and more Alaskans are dying, causing the state’s natural population increase margin to ...

Population growth in Canada could soon rely entirely on immigration as natural population increases continue to slow, ...

The country reported a decline in births for the 10th consecutive year, but an increase in marriages.

"Low birth rates and an ageing population will profoundly reshape our nation, our society and our economy in the years ahead, ...