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Immigration slowdown hits every metro area in the US, census showsImmigration to the United States slowed dramatically in the year leading up to July 2025. Many US cities saw population declines as fewer p...
More Americans dying than being born? US hits demographic tipping point by 2030America faces a demographic shift. By 2030, more people will die than be born. This trend is driven by falling birth rates and reduced immi...
Japan’s birthrate hits new low: Expert warns only one teenager will be left by THIS year in world's 4th biggest economyJapan faces a severe demographic crisis with a record low birthrate, a shrinking workforce, and rising social security costs. Government me...
More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populationsCountries grappling with population decline and aging issues offer financial incentives to encourage childbirth. China, Japan, Italy, and S...
After China and Japan, now Russia is offering 100,000 roubles to female students under 25 to have babiesRussia has introduced measures to increase birth rates by offering financial incentives to female students under 25 who give birth. This po...
4B movement: Why young South Korean women are saying NO to men4B movement: Young South Korean women are vowing to boycott men as a feminist 4B movement is sweeping the country. The 4B movement calls fo...
Japan faces shortage of almost a million foreign workers in 2040, think tank saysAt the current pace, 5.91 million foreign people will be working in Japan in 2040, almost one million short of the foreign workforce needed...
More Chinese tied the knot in 2023, lifting marriage rates for first time in nine yearsChina's new marriages increased by 12.4% in 2023 due to COVID-19 impact. Premier Li Qiang aims for a birth-friendly society amidst declinin...
UK Conservative MP Miriam Cates under investigation by parliament's standards watchdogThe inquiry falls under paragraph 17 of the updated 2019 code of conduct for MPs, which says: “Members shall never undertake any action whi...
Why China's shrinking population is a problem for everyoneChina's population decline, which will soon make India the most populous nation, will have significant effects on its economy and global br...
Japan PM Fumio Kishida under fire for linking loans to having babiesKishida has pledged "unprecedented" measures to tackle the country's perennially low birthrate, and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is r...
Can China reverse its population decline? Just ask SwedenWith 850,000 fewer births than deaths last year, at least according to the country's official report, China joined an expanding set of nati...
Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcoholKaczynski, leader of the populist ruling party, Law and Justice, made his remark on the weekend as he travels around the country seeking to...
Musk tweet on Japan doomed by low birthrate provokes anger - but not just at himThe comment hit a nerve among Japan watchers and in Japan, whose population peaked in 2008 and has declined since due to its low birthrate ...
South Korea unveils $10 bn stimulus to boost jobs, welfareSouth Korea's economic growth, which hit 2.8 percent in both 2015 and 2016, is expected to further slow to 2.6 percent this year, according...
Europe needs baby boom to avert a population disaster: ReportSpain has one of the lowest fertility rates in the EU, with an average of 1.27 children born for every woman of childbearing age, compared ...
Mei Xiang the panda gives birth at Washington zooMei Xiang had a cub in 2005 which was sent to China, and another Bao Bao. It is two years old and lives with her in Washington.
Monkey menace reached 'epic' proportions in the country: CSE reportCSE said monkeys have been causing extensive damage to agriculture in India which was already facing low productivity due to extreme weathe...
Japan aims to keep population at 100 million 50 years laterPopulation of Japan is projected to fall to about 87 million in the year 2060 if the nation's birthrate continues to remains low.
- China to continue with controversial one-child policy
China has dismissed reports that the country's new leadership may ease up on the one-child policy, saying that it would continue adhering t...