A combination of expensive housing, heavy regulations, and illegal immigration has put starting a family out of reach for ...

Vietnam has formally ended its decades-long two-child policy, a step aimed at halting a sharp drop in the nation's fertility ...

Vietnam on Tuesday scrapped its nearly four-decade policy limiting families to two children, as Vietnamese birth rates ...

In a significant policy shift, Vietnam has scrapped its decades-old two-child limit as the country grapples with a sustained ...

About 75% of the survey responses say the economy is impacting their decision on whether or not to have kids.

Argentina's birth rate has declined by nearly 40% in the last decade, reaching its lowest level in more than 50 years in 2023 ...

The move responded to a record-low birth rate that has persisted below population replacement levels for three years, ...

Introduced in 1988, the two-child policy aimed to curb population growth, as Vietnam’s total fertility rate had exceeded four ...

The Ministry of Health reported a drop in total fertility rates across all eight Kyushu and Okinawa prefectures in 2024.

The restriction was introduced in 1988, when the total fertility rate was over four births per woman. Read more at ...

FERTILITY rates appear to have been declining in both men and women globally – and now scientists have found a common ...

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899. The government data ...