Birthrate

Birthrate

Commuters crowd on a platform as they wait to board suburban trains at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 20, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File Photo

Modi allies push for bigger families despite India's 1.4b population

Even though the United Nations projects India’s population will keep rising for about four decades, peaking at around 1.7 billion

A person sits in a toy car with children at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China June 1, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

China's birth rate falls to lowest on record: Official data

Girls take care of their baby brother before leaving for school, at their home in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File photo

South Korea birthrate rises for first time in 9 years, marriages surge

Couples take part in their pre-wedding photoshoots by the sea in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 21, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo

Marriages in China plunge by a record in 2024, fanning birthrate concerns

Blogger and marketer Alina Rzhanova, 33, walks with her eight-month-old son Igor during an interview with Reuters in the city of Yaroslavl, Russia October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Russia bans 'child-free propaganda' to try to boost birth rate

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers remarks during an opening ceremony of GTX-A in Seoul, South Korea, March 29, 2024. Yonhap via REUTERS

South Korea hopes new speed train links will help boost birthrate