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Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry data

The Independent UK

Japan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new low

Japan saw record 1.6 million deaths last year as births marked a 5% fall

The Independent UK

Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

Tokyo even introduced a government-sponsored dating app to help people find partners.

Fortune

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South Korea’s birth rate rises for first time in almost a decade

Birth rate saw modest jump of 0.03 after noting a record low of 0.72 in 2023

The Independent UK

Almost 50 schools across this Asian country to shut down amid worsening birth rate crisis

South Korea has been grappling with its declining birth rate, among the lowest in the world

The Independent UK

One week after Elon Musk talked about an ‘underpopulation crisis,’ the U.N. says the world population is set to continue growing until 2100

A UN population report pours cold water on Elon Musk's fears that declining birth rates will lead to "population collapse."

Fortune

Schools face funding squeeze amid falling London birth rate

‘School funding is allocated on a per-pupil basis, so a decrease in enrolment directly reduces budgets’, a new report warns

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Is the cost of living crisis contributing to a childless London?

The capital’s families are shrinking, as new data confirms that young women will have less children than previous generations. Why, and what does it mean for our city?

Evening Standard

Trump's transportation head says money for construction projects will flow to communities with high birth rates

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is a father to nine

The Independent UK

Why more twins are being born than ever before – even though birthrates are falling

Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before.

The Conversation

How childhood trauma impacts our brains, bodies – and even our genes

In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the widespread abandonment of children, who ended up in orphanages in appalling conditions where they received no care, attention or love. Though tragic, this infamous “natural experiment” has allowed us to learn…

The Conversation

China Faces Demographic Challenges With Declining Population

China's population decline and aging demographics pose challenges for the country's future. Efforts to address declining birth rates and an aging populatio...

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China Says Population Fell For Third Year In A Row In 2024

China said Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates.

International Business Times

US deaths expected to exceed births within a decade

A drop in birth rates is expected due to an estimated loss in immigration

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London bucks trend as only major UK city getting older, new analysis reveals

London’s average age is rising due to decreased birth rates and fewer young people moving to capital

The Independent UK

Japanese expert reveals when the country will be left with just one child under 14

Hiroshi Yoshida has developed a clock that highlights Japan’s rapidly declining fertility rate

Fortune

Russian students can now get cash payments for having babies as Kremlin struggles with birth rate at ‘catastrophic’ low

Female college students in some Russian regions can get 100,000 rubles, or about $900 at current exchange rates, for having a baby.

International Business Times

Russia Resorts To Paying Young Women Hundreds Of Dollars To Get Pregnant As Birth Rate Continues to Plummet: Report

Russian regions will start paying young women who are full-time students nearly $1,000 to get pregnant as the nation's birth rate continues to plummet.

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Russia Resorts to Paying Young Women Hundreds of Dollars to Get Pregnant as Birth Rate Continues to Plummet: Report

Russian regions will start paying young women who are full-time students nearly $1,000 to get pregnant as the nation's birth rate continues to plummet.

Fortune

Tokyo is turning to a 4-day work week in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

Tokyo earlier this year introduced a government-sponsored dating app to help people find partners.

Fortune

Russia is speeding into a demographic crisis with a 25-year-low birth rate as the Ukraine war rages on

Russia has had similar troughs in its demographics during World War II and after the fall of the Soviet Union—but things are different this time.

AAP

Birth rate fears after cap on nation-first IVF subsidy

Couples trying to have children via IVF have been dealt a blow with the restriction of a first-in-Australia subsidy to those on lower incomes.

The Conversation

Australia in a baby bust? It’s not that simple – and a panic won’t help

There is a seemingly endless stream of news headlines about plummeting birth rates. Many have alarmist narratives about the perils of “baby busts” and “population decline”. This reflects a deep-seated anxiety about what declining birth rates mean for the future of society.

Fortune

Millennials choosing to be DINKs could push GDP down by as much as 4%

"By the time you get to 2030, you're talking about a birth rate that is wildly different to what was in the assumptions made at the beginning of the decade."

Evening Standard

UK business openings fall to lowest level since 2010

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

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