The birth rate in the U.S. dropped to a record low in 2024 with fewer than 1.6 children per woman, newly-released federal ...

With record-low births, rising deaths, and entrenched gender norms, Japan is struggling to address its ‘quiet emergency’ ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called the situation a "quiet emergency", as birth rates continue to plummet.

Exclusive: Some 4 in 10 adults are putting off having children, or deciding against it altogether, as birth rates in the UK hit record lows ...

An observational study published in Tobacco Control looks at teen smoking rates in three UK birth cohorts before and after vape use. Dr John Robins, Research Associate at the Nicotine Research Group, ...

Daily Mail's mesmerising charts show how the global population has rocketed, despite global birth rates plummeting to ...

China is offering parents up to 3,600 yuan (£375) a year for each of their children under the age of three in a drive to ...

Shrinking number of males of enlistment age and low birth rates fuel concerns about national defence capabilities, report ...

South Korea's military has shrunk to about 450,000 people - a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defence ...

When the facts change”, economist JM Keynes is supposed to have said to a critic, “I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” ...

Nigel Farage says "an Afghan male has a 22 times more likely chance of being convicted of rape than somebody born in this ...

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