George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written ...

China's birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since official records began in 1949.

The country has reported its lowest birth rate since the end of World War II, with only 643,773 births registered across the ...

Declining birth rates worldwide are causing concern, but the reasons behind this trend remain unclear. Is it housing costs, ...

China’s population crisis deepened in 2025 as births fell to a historic low, highlighting the limits of Beijing’s efforts to boost fertility through subsidies and policy reforms.

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 ...

BEIJING — From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed. “China has ...

This article was originally published in The 19th. Half of Americans think we should be at least somewhat worried about the impact of falling birth rates on society, according to the 2025 19th ...