Congressional forecasters have lowered their projection for U.S. population growth over the next decade by 7 million people ...

East Asia is home to some of the lowest birth rates globally. The trend, coupled with rapidly aging populations, strains ...

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu ...

The government said women in ⁠2026 would have 'no out-of-pocket expenses' during their pregnancy, with medical costs fully ...

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 ...

The declining birth rate has been a major topic of discussion, with governments all over the world trying to find ways to reverse it. There is a constantly evolving discussion about the causes of the ...

We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.

“Starting in 2030, declining fertility rates are projected to cause births to fall short of deaths. Over time, the negative ...

Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Early in January, Colorado Mesa University economics professor Nathan Perry released the annual Mesa County Economic Report, which includes population data from the state’s demography office. Perry ...

China has imposed taxes on contraceptives sold domestically starting this new year. The Chinese Ministry of Finance recently ...