China recorded 7.93 million births in 2025, the lowest level since at least the founding of the People’s Republic of China in ...

Ashley and Nick Evancho's 3-year-old daughter, Sophia, plays with their dog in front of their home near Buffalo, N.Y. Ashley and Nick have decided to have only one child, a choice many people are ...

THE country has become a "super-aged society" for the first time, with 20% of its shrinking population aged 65 or older in ...

South Korea’s fertility rate rose slightly to 0.74 in 2024, but it remains the lowest among OECD countries. The replacement rate needed to sustain population levels is 2.1— South Korea is far below ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. While most of the world is worried about explosive growth ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...

Births fell again last year as economic pressure, social change and ageing offset government efforts to encourage families.

In January, the U.S. immigrant population hit 53.3 million, the largest in the country's history. Six months later, it appears to have shrunk by a million people. (Toshi Sasaki / Getty Images file) ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR’s series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...