It's no secret: the world's birth rates are falling. This has been happening for decades, as child deaths have declined, access to contraception has expanded, the cost of raising a child has risen, ...

People are having fewer children worldwide, but the trend is particularly marked in countries like China and less so in ...

In most countries around the world, the fertility rate has already fallen below 2.1 children per woman—the rate necessary for natural population replacement. According to estimates by the Financial ...

CNBC's Lee Ying Shan explores how longer lifespans and falling birth rates are putting increasing pressure on pension funds ...

The US birth rate hit a record low in 2025, with fewer births among younger women and rising rates among women in their 30s.

It’s no secret: the world’s birth rates are falling. Well, they could continue to drop, a new analysis of years of related data from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and New York ...

It’s no secret: the world’s birth rates are falling. This has been happening for decades, as child deaths have declined, access to contraception has expanded, the cost of raising a child has risen, ...