The real reasons birth rates are declining worldwide
New research challenges the narrative that low fertility is an economic crisis. Data shows higher education and productivity can offset shrinking populations, suggesting governments should adapt social systems rather than trying to force birth rates back up.
Record Drop in Europe's Birth Rates in 2023 Risks Future Labor Shortage
More Twins Are Being Born Even as Birth Rates Are Falling. Here's Why.
Since the 1950s, birth rates have plummeted in the developing world. A recent study analyzes two competing, long-debated explanations and finds that neither is entirely accurate.
Birth Rates Are Plummeting in Most Nations, And The World Isn't Prepared