Social Media Ideas for Declining Birth Rates

What’s the problem with falling birth rates?

Singapore will start paying almost $55,000 for each child to boost its birth rate after the fertility rate fell to a record low of 0.87 children per woman last year...

The Guardian view on falling birthrates: cash alone cannot buy belonging | Editorial

Young people still want partners and children. Governments must address the insecurity and isolation preventing them from building familiesWhy are people in one of the world’s rich...

The Great Fertility Collapse (with Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde)

For the first time in human history, we’re not having enough children to keep the world’s population from falling. And fertility is collapsing fastest not in rich nations but in pl...

Taiwan’s Population Declines for 33rd Consecutive Month as Births Fall to 7,704 in September

Taiwan’s population declined for the 33rd consecutive month in September, falling to 23,213,251 as the island continues to grapple with declining birth rates and an aging populatio...

Decline in marriage and relationships among factors driving global fertility slump - study

A growing “relationship recession”, alongside economic insecurity, delayed parenthood and changing attitudes towards having children, is contributing to an unprecedented fall in fe...

Fewer births, bigger questions for Tamil Nadu

While the decline in births reflects a broader demographic transition, with implications for the workforce and ageing population, experts say greater attention must be paid to educ...

Low birthrates a sign of evolution

Decline in marriage and relationships among factors driving global fertility slump – study

A growing “relationship recession”, alongside economic insecurity, delayed parenthood and changing attitudes towards having children, is contributing to an unprecedented fall in fe...

Decline in marriage and relationships among factors driving global fertility slump – study

by Obianuju Mbah, Christian Today A growing “relationship recession”, alongside economic insecurity, delayed parenthood and changing attitudes towards having children, is contribut...

Malaysia’s births fall 4.5pc in 2025 as fertility rate drops to 1.5 children per woman

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 15 — Malaysia recorded a 4.5 per cent decline in live births in 2025, while the total fertility rat...

Thailand’s Demographic Crisis Arrives Early

The country faces a plummeting birth rate sooner than some of its global south peers.

Catholic baptisms fall sharply across Ireland as births decline and secularisation grows

The number of Catholic baptisms taking place across the whole island of Ireland has fallen by almost 30% over the past decade, with declining birth rates and the growth of religiou...

Global Fertility Below Replacement for First Time In History

Humanity has crossed a historic threshold that no previous generation has faced. For the first time, global fertility has likely fallen below the rate needed to sustain long-term p...

What South Korea's Latest Political Belief Survey Tells Us About Population Decline

When people speak of the various reasons that the world is increasingly seeing a widespread dearth of marriages and babies, unsurprisingly, cultural factors feature prominently. Bu...

Singapore is scrambling to stabilize birth rates. Experts see lessons for the U.S.

Singapore has unveiled a national initiative built entirely around its collapsing birth rate. Some demographers say the plan includes policy ideas that could help American parents.

World faces historic population decline – study

Global fertility may have dropped below replacement level, putting the world population on course to shrink, a new study has found  Read Full Article at RT.com

Births fall below 30,000 for first time in Asian financial hub despite $183M in baby bonuses

Hong Kong, the top financial hub in Asia-Pacific, recorded fewer than 30,000 births in a year for the first time on record, with migration alone keeping its population growing.

Driven by progressive doomism, liberals are having fewer babies than conservative families

The fertility rate gap between conservatives and liberals reflects diverging priorities on family, career and creative pursuits, new research suggests.

In Ireland, Catholic baptisms fall by 30 per cent over a decade

A low fertility rate and the secularisation of the island are the causes. Six out of ten children...

Oman birth rate falls nearly 39% in a decade, forum urges support for families

MUSCAT : Oman’s birth rate fell nearly 39% over the past decade, according to national figures presented at a forum that recommended financial support for young families, expanded...

China's birth rate falls again: Only 7.92 million babies born in 2025

The birth rate had increased by 0.38 per thousand in 2024 compared with the previous year.

Fewer than 1 in 3 families want a second child amid rising costs, study finds

Research by Meiji Yasuda Life found that there was an almost 57% drop in the number of parents wanting a second child compared to 2020.

Hong Kong loses about 40 kindergartens in a year as births sink to record lows

Hong Kong has about 40 fewer kindergartens than a year ago as births sink to record lows and first-time mothers are older than ever.

Fewer students, too many schools: Communities confront closures and consolidations

Declining birth rates mean fewer students. And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools. “The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of Geor...