Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have a shrinking population by 2050, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Washington estimate that more than three-quarters ...

Global fertility rates are projected to fall through the rest of the 21st century, and experts say these declines will "completely reconfigure the global economy and the international balance of power ...

The U.S. fertility rate — the average number of children each woman gives birth to — fell 22% between 1990 and 2023, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

The Iona Institute has warned that Ireland is “on the wrong course” citing concerns about record low marriage and fertility ...

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing ...