Birth Rate

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World+Biz

Tokyo to make day care free to boost birth rate

The move aims to reduce the financial burden on families by expanding a policy of free day care for second-born and subsequent children to first-borns as well

Births in Japan dropped to a new low in 2023, with the country recording more than twice as many deaths as new babies, according to government data. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Japan births hit new record low

FILE PHOTO: Newborn babies sleep in a ward at a hospital in Hefei, in China's Anhui province. Picture taken April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
China

As China's birth rate slumps, political advisor urges egg freezing for single women

Children play at a playground inside a shopping complex in Shanghai, China June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

How China is seeking to boost its falling birth rate

Having twins: 'Double trouble' or 'double dose of joy'? 
Thoughts

Having twins: 'Double trouble' or 'double dose of joy'? 

FILE PHOTO: Two women and their babies pose for photographs in front of the giant portrait of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing November 2, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
China

Xi says China will seek to lift birth rate in face of ageing population

Elon Musk
World+Biz

Elon Musk says the planet needs more oil... and babies

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USA

Covid pandemic fuelled 2021 population drop in 73% of U.S. counties

A woman uses her mobile phone at the Sempione park next to a baby, after parks reopen as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to a spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Milan, Italy, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/Files
Europe

Births in Italy hit 160-year low and continue to slide

A mother walks with her twin daughters on a street in Shanghai, China June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

China to allow tax deductions for care of small children to help boost births

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World+Biz

Birthrates are declining globally, including in Bangladesh

File photo: Tens of thousands in a crowd at the Forbidden City in China. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Explainer

Why China is struggling to boost its birthrate?