South Korea had the world's lowest birth rate for at least eight consecutive years, from 2016 through 2023, with its rate falling for eight straight years to a record low of 0.72 in 2023, before ...

SEOUL, July 23 (UPI) --South Korea recorded its largest-ever gain in birth rate over the first five months of the year, its statistics agency said Wednesday, in a slight respite from a looming ...

First, the bad news: Global fertility is falling fast. The aging populations of rich countries are relying on ever fewer workers to support their economy, dooming those younger generations to a future ...

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The rising cost of housing is one of the main drivers behind the United States' falling birth rate between the 2000s and the 2010s, a new study shows. Birth rates are complex and nuanced, and ...