Many countries around the world including the US face aging and shrinking populations. Conservative groups have taken the ...

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According to the latest statistics, Australia is set to hit its lowest rate of population growth in decades, with birth rates ...

The U.S. birth rate plunged to an all-time low in 2024 after being on a downward trajectory for roughly 20 years, with soaring housing costs widely cited as a major contributing factor. Earlier this ...

GRAND FORKS – North Dakota birth rates have declined 35% since 2016, a trend some say is caused by economic uncertainty, a shift in social norms and a post-oil boom lull. Unless residents start having ...

Skyrocketing housing costs may be swaying Americans from having children, contributing to plunging birth rates in the country, data suggests. According to the latest birth data released by the U.S.

People are having fewer children all over the world, affecting separate regions in different ways. Newsweek has mapped out which countries have the lowest and highest fertility rates to break down ...

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio received a D grade — and the United States overall earned a D+ grade — in the recently released 2025 March of Dimes Report Card. Ohio was among 21 states, along with Washington, ...

British trend of deaths outnumbering births. A think tank says future population growth will depend on immigration.

It is still too early to talk about a reversal of birth rate trends, Tatyana Golikova said MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. It is still too early to speak about a reversal of birth rate trends in Russia, ...