Lead author of the study Kenji Itao told Newsweek what many governments may be overlooking about low birth rates.

Historically, birth rates usually fall in a region or society as living standards improve. But researchers have noticed something different happen over the past two decades. Since 2007, global birth ...

India's population story is changing rapidly. Three decades ago, Indian women were having an average of 3.4 children. Today, that number has fallen to 2.0 children per woman, according to government ...

People power economic growth, but declining global birth rates are a bullish phenomenon. Yes, both statements are true. If declining birth rates foretold economic decline as Washington Post columnist ...

"This old man recognizes that more younger people will be needed to care for our aging population. The young staffers who ...

MOSCOW, May 19. /TASS/. Saying that smartphones alone are the cause of declining global birth rates is an "oversimplification," as that claim ignores important factors like urbanization, economic ...

The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See the countries where birth rates are the highest and ...

Falling fertility rates threaten long term energy demand, Wood Mackenzie warned in a statement sent to Rigzone recently. In ...