| 单词 | fertility rate |
| 例句 | In The Atlantic, Alia Wong argues that America’s low fertility rate is “a sign that the country isn’t providing the support Americans feel they need in order to have children”. More women like me are choosing to be childfree. Is this the age of opting out? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z “If current trends continue, more girls will be cut every year by 2030 than today, owing to high fertility rates and youthful populations found in most communities where FGM is prevalent,” he said. Ban Ki-moon calls on men across the world to campaign to end FGM 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z No studies have been conducted that reliably measure the fertility rate of drug-using women vs. the general population—there are too many variables: What kinds of drugs? Drug cocktails can kill 2012-06-12T16:00:00Z At the current rate, the world's fertility rate will be below replacement level soon after 2020. Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming Population Crash by Fred Pearce | Book review 2010-03-27T00:10:00Z Demographers talk about the “demographic transition” that began in the second half of the 18th century: the fertility rate began declining and life expectancy began rising. ArtsBeat: Jill Lepore Talks About Life, Death and the Stages in Between 2012-06-06T21:29:46Z One factor driving investment in this sector is the long-term decline in fertility rates among western men. The rise of Big Sperm: does the tech world have the answer to our semen crisis? 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Since the Great Recession hit, fertility rates have plummeted in the U.S. Love in the time of layoffs 2012-08-03T20:12:00Z “The Handmaid’s Tale” has envisioned a future in which pollution caused fertility rates to plummet, thus Offred’s fate hangs on her ability to become pregnant and carry a child to term. Review | ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ isn’t just timely, it’s essential viewing for our fractured culture 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z However, among women with college degrees, the economists found the fertility rate rises to 1.88 and among women with advanced degrees to 1.96. High-fliers have more babies, according to study 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Until recently, though, the US experienced more robust fertility rates than did other developed countries. More women like me are choosing to be childfree. Is this the age of opting out? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Last year, China's population fell for the first time in 60 years, and its fertility rate dropped to a record low. China's matchmaking mums have a powerful ally: The Party 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Almost three-quarters of people now live in countries with fertility rates around or below that level. Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z “Over 80 years, birth and death rates, fertility rates, and migration rates can be changed through policies, programs and resources,” Ong said. The Census Bureau sees an older, more diverse America in 2100 in three immigration scenarios 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z But playing Cupid has taken on a greater sense of urgency as Taiwan’s fertility rate, or the number of children the average woman will bear in her lifetime, has fallen to 0.87 in 2022. Looking for a date? In Taiwan, the government is here to help 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Aging populations and declining fertility rates, she said, are signs “we are about to give up on our future.” "A demographic ice age": Why the right is freaking out about people having babies 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Last year, China's population fell for the first time since 1961, while South Korea has reported the lowest fertility rate in the world. Japan: One in 10 people aged 80 or older for first time 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Countries with fertility rates around replacement level include India, Tunisia and Argentina. Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z These factors include declining fertility rates across much of the country as well as patterns in migration. Public schools are losing students nationwide; here's how WA compares 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s so easy to increase the marriage or fertility rate.” Looking for a date? In Taiwan, the government is here to help 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z In 2017, the fertility rate of foreign-born women in the U.S. stood at 2.18, a whopping figure for a world in which multiple European countries are seeing overall rates below 1.5. "A demographic ice age": Why the right is freaking out about people having babies 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z China's fertility rate, already one of the world's lowest, is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, state media reported. Chinese county offers 'cash reward' for couples if bride is aged 25 or younger 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z About 15% of people live in places with fertility rates below replacement level. Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z As a result, fertility rates in the U.S. have been on the decline for many years, and took a sharp downward turn during the pandemic. Public schools are losing students nationwide; here's how WA compares 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The draft law comes as China's fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, one of the world's lowest alongside South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. China bill aims to make preschool more accessible amid flagging birth rate 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The staunchly anti-immigration Tucker Carlson has leaned heavily into the far-right Great Replacement Theory precisely because he sees America’s demographic changes combined with low native-born fertility rates as a plot to “replace the current electorate.” "A demographic ice age": Why the right is freaking out about people having babies 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z By contrast, the national fertility rate fell to 1.26 last year, well below the 2.1 figure that demographers estimate is needed to ensure a stable population. Inside Japan’s ‘miracle town,’ where the birth rate is soaring amid a demographic crisis 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Countries with low fertility rates include Brazil, Mexico, the U.S. and Sweden, while those with very low fertility rates include China, South Korea and Spain. Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Between 2005 and 2021, fertility rates dropped in all but two states, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public schools are losing students nationwide; here's how WA compares 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z China's fertility rate is already one of the world's lowest alongside South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022- state media 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The city's fertility rate is expected to remain low while population aging is expected to continue. Hong Kong's population climbs to 7.5 million, near 2019 level 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z In the U.S., the fertility rate hit a record low of 1.64 in 2020 before rebounding slightly over the last two years. Inside Japan’s ‘miracle town,’ where the birth rate is soaring amid a demographic crisis 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Only about 4% of the world’s population lives in countries with fertility rates above 5. Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rate — so some of its cities are hosting blind dating events for singles. Tuesday Briefing: Elite Chinese Generals Ousted 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The US-based Population Reference Bureau says that during civil conflicts, fertility rates typically fall by up to one-third, but rebound quickly after the fighting ends. Ukraine war causes birth rate to slump 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Even with a current fertility rate of only 1.6, the U.S. population projects to reach roughly 400 million by the end of the century, according to the U.N.'s median estimate. China's Great Leap Backward: So much for the next dominant superpower 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z The state’s fertility rate is much lower than Bihar’s. Want One of India’s Best Jobs? You and 1,800 Other Applicants. 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Global fertility rates are projected to decline at least through 2060, with no country projected to have a rate higher than 4 by then, according to the bureau. Feeling crowded yet? The Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Not coincidentally, Utah has some of the highest fertility rates in the nation. The U.S. Population Is Older Than It Has Ever Been 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z China's National Health Commission last August issued guidance to provinces on reforming policies to support fertility rates. Beijing to cover IVF, other fertility treatments for couples from July 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z According to Prof. James Liang of Peking University, fertility rates in Beijing and Shanghai have fallen to an astonishing 0.7, "the lowest in the world." China's Great Leap Backward: So much for the next dominant superpower 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z The fertility rate, or the average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime, was 1.2565. Japan demographic woes deepen as birth rate hits record low 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The U.S. requires a fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman for each generation to have enough children to replace itself. CDC: Births declined, teen birth rate hit historic low in 2022 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z We see this reflected in declining fertility rates in much of the country. WA’s population is aging. The trend is most striking in these counties 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z In South Korea, which is battling the world's lowest fertility rate and declining productivity, this has become a serious concern. Hikikomori: Why S Korea is paying young recluses to leave home 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Yet while the country as a whole saw declines in fertility rates in the pandemic’s first year, a recent study suggests that the rates in some states increased. The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z "They have a high fertility rate and huge appetite." 'We are selling a product that we hope gets discontinued' 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z "Globally, the fertility rate is falling so it'll be a race to attract young people to come and work in your country," Ms Peng added. Asia is spending big to battle low birth rates - will it work? 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Opening up fertility services to unmarried women may help to boost the country's fertility rate, the government's political advisers proposed in March. China aims for better-skilled population, to improve childcare 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Italy has one of the lowest fertility rates in the EU and births dropped below 400,000 last year - a new low. Pope Francis warns pets must not replace children in Italy 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z But fertility rates in the U.S. have been on a downward slope since slightly before 2008, and the decline matches a similar trend among other wealthy countries in Europe and parts of Asia. The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z South Koreans have been opting for smaller and smaller families, leaving the country with the lowest fertility rate in the world and a sharp nationwide drop-off in school-age children. One sign of South Korea's population crisis: Rural elementary schools are running out of children 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Yet last year South Korea broke its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate, with the average number of babies expected per woman falling to 0.78. Asia is spending big to battle low birth rates - will it work? 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z While many assume population decline would inevitably harm the economy, researchers found that lower fertility rates would not only result in lower emissions by 2055, but a per capita income increase of 10 percent. Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “Deeper forces than the financial crisis may keep American fertility rates depressed,” he speculates darkly in a representative column. Review | In defense of the childless 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Her team wanted to know: What effect did this have on fertility rates? The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Many believe that the disruption of sex hormones delivered by the endocrine system could explain consistently declining fertility rates across the Western world. Even BPA-free plastic particles can mess with your sex hormones, study finds 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z By contrast, India has the world’s largest young population, a higher fertility rate, and has seen a consistent decrease in infant mortality. U.N.: By month’s end, India population to be world’s largest 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Lower fertility rates also typically signal an increase in gender equality. Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z In contrast, India has a much younger population, a higher fertility rate, and has seen a decrease in infant mortality over the last three decades. UN: India’s population will be world’s largest by mid-year 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Previous studies have shown that fertility rates dropped during the pandemic, but they didn’t really look at the differences across states. The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Both India and China have seen declines in their fertility rates. India population to surpass China by mid-2023 - UN 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Experts caution against alarm about overpopulation, however, as the country’s fertility rate has been steadily falling, from over five births per woman in the 1960s, to two in 2022. U.N.: By month’s end, India population to be world’s largest 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Shifting to a model based on degrowth and equity alongside lower fertility rates will help fight climate change and increase wealth and well-being. Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z As mass education has spread, especially among girls and women, the fertility rate has dipped to just above the level required to maintain the current population size. India Is Passing China in Population. Can Its Economy Ever Do the Same? 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Adelman and her colleagues analyzed changes in fertility rates in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. during the pandemic’s first two waves. The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z This demographic milestone, however, masks dramatically divergent trajectories inside India, with fertility rates varying sharply from state to state. India’s population overtakes China’s, but numbers mask a bigger story 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z But the timing has been sped up by a drop in China’s fertility rate, with families having fewer children. When exactly will India surpass China as most populous? 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Another contributing factor is lower fertility rates in the U.S., which means we have fewer workers paying in to the system. Column: The new US Social Security forecast: what it means for retirees 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z An administration official also acknowledged substantial uncertainty about how the programs’ finances would be affected by future fertility rates, calling it a “big question mark.” Social Security funding crisis will arrive in 2033, U.S. projects 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The findings suggest that the degree to which states or regions took the virus “seriously” affected whether they were likely to see a drop or bump in fertility rate, Adelman says. The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Younger Koreans are giving up on bearing children, leaving Korea with the world’s lowest fertility rate — 0.78 children on average per woman — and a looming demographic crisis. Clash over a 69-hour workweek reveals generational divide in South Korea 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z India has a much younger population, a higher fertility rate and a decrease in infant mortality over the last three decades. When exactly will India surpass China as most populous? 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z A 2001 National Academy of Sciences study assessed the impact on fertility rates when television arrived in various societies. Opinion | Lower fertility rates are the new cultural norm 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The centrist, business-friendly government says it’s needed to keep the pension system solvent as the population ages and fertility rate drops. Unions vow to shut France’s economy down amid pension battle 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z So even if there was a change in fertility rate, it’s hard to know if that was because people intentionally chose to have fewer or more children. The Pandemic Caused a Baby Boom in Red States and a Bust in Blue States 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Incomes need to rise for fertility rates to recover, demographers say. Rust belt province got old before it got rich, as much of China will 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Efforts by the ruling Communist Party to raise fertility rates — by permitting all couples to have two children in 2016, then three in 2021 — have struggled to gain traction. Desperate for Babies, China Races to Undo an Era of Birth Limits. Is It Too Late? 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z "Extending marriage leave is one of the effective ways of increasing the fertility rate," Yang Haiyang, dean of the Social Development Research Institute of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, was quoted as saying. Chinese provinces give 30 days' paid 'marriage leave' to boost birth rate 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z When Sweden expanded its parental leave in the 1970s, for instance, its fertility rate rose, and it remains one of the highest among advanced economies. Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Destroys U.F.O.s 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z South Korea has recorded the lowest fertility rate in the world for three years in a row. Your Tuesday Briefing: A Bombing in Pakistan 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z The fall of the fertility rate below the replacement rate of two children is not only a Japanese issue. Japanese PM Kishida tells parliament: Low birthrate requires expanded programs to reverse trends 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Women’s rights advocates have argued that the government’s effort to raise fertility rates risks reinforcing discrimination against women. Desperate for Babies, China Races to Undo an Era of Birth Limits. Is It Too Late? 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z “It is certainly hard to expect much growth in our industry when the overall fertility rate and the willingness to have children are shrinking,” Mr. Lin said. I.V.F. Offers Hope in China, Even to the Government 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Lower fertility rates, rocky public finances and rising interest rates combined with longer life expectancies are creating a “global aging crisis.” Who wants to live forever? 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Given how its recent attempts to raise fertility rates have met with limited success, China may have to look at other ways to sustain growth. Should China worry about its shrinking population? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z In 2020, the last year when data can be compared between countries, China and Japan had fertility rates of 1.3, while South Korea stood at 0.8 fertility rate, according to the World Bank. Japanese PM Kishida tells parliament: Low birthrate requires expanded programs to reverse trends 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The country already has the lowest fertility rate in the world, and a rapidly ageing population. As South Korean government proposes flexible overtime rules, some fear workers may suffer 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Despite this hurdle, officials are trying to push up one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. I.V.F. Offers Hope in China, Even to the Government 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z But China sped up its trajectory with its one-child policy, which began in the late 1970s and was in effect until 2016; its fertility rates are now lower than those in the U.S., China’s Self-inflicted Pain 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “On the one hand, China is talking about this as a crisis of a declining fertility rate, and on the other hand, they are cracking down on feminism,” she said in a telephone interview. A Shrinking, Aging China May Have Backed Itself Into a Corner 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Together with Japan and South Korea, China has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, below what demographers call the fertility replacement rate required for a population to grow. China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Such measures have done little to alter the aging trend line, as fertility rates have plunged and many countries have resisted large-scale immigration plans. As Asian Societies Age, ‘Retirement’ Just Means More Work 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “Congress must squarely face the increasing cost of parenthood and the declining fertility rates these costs engender. Our goal must be to advance policies that make having children more affordable and achievable,” they advised. What we most dread about Christmas gift giving 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Compare that with the average fertility rate of six children per mother in the Hadza community, and the impact of that extra energy is inescapable. New Human Metabolism Research Upends Conventional Wisdom about How We Burn Calories 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z In 1970, the campaign was considered a "success" as fertility rates had fallen sharply, though the rate continued to fall for some time after that. ‘Doctors fitted a contraceptive coil without my consent’ 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z A country’s fertility rate tends to be correlated to its average income. Global Population Growth Is Slowing Down. Here’s One Reason Why 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z That would lower fertility rates and population growth and uphold equity and human rights. Opinion | The Earth can’t sustain continued growth 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z South Korea’s statistics agency announced in September that the total fertility rate — the average number of babies born to each woman in their reproductive years — was 0.81 last year. South Korea in demographic crisis as many stop having babies 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Farming communities tend to have higher fertility rates than hunter-gatherer communities. New Human Metabolism Research Upends Conventional Wisdom about How We Burn Calories 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Another factor is higher estimates of fertility rates in some large countries, including Pakistan. The World Population Just Hit 8 Billion and Here’s How It Will Continue to Grow 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z But by the end of the century, fertility rates worldwide will reconverge at a lower number. Global Population Growth Is Slowing Down. Here’s One Reason Why 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The fertility rate has dropped globally; in high-income nations, the number of people under 65 is expected to decline in the coming years, the United Nations said. World Population Reaches 8 Billion, U.N. Says 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z But Choi, the expert, said the fertility rate has been falling too fast to see any tangible effects. South Korea in demographic crisis as many stop having babies 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z In Egypt, birth and fertility rates are gradually declining — just not fast enough. As climate change worsens, Egypt is begging families to have fewer kids 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Demographers take a particular interest in fertility rates and how they are expected to change, because these factors help to drive what will happen to the global population in the future. The World Population Just Hit 8 Billion and Here’s How It Will Continue to Grow 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z A record 40 percent of households now consist of just one person, and the country’s marriage and fertility rates have sunk to all-time lows. Single but not ready to mingle? South Korea’s government wants to talk. 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The mayor of Seoul has a proposal to boost South Korea’s low fertility rate: more foreign nannies, who could ease the cost of child care. Your Thursday Briefing: Iran Strikes Kurds in Iraq 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z South Korea has had the lowest total fertility rate in the world for years. Few South Koreans Are Having Babies. A Mayor’s Answer? More Nannies. 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s a strategic choice: The apps could nudge people toward relationships at a time when China’s marriage and fertility rates are at record lows. Your Wednesday Briefing: Russia Suspected of Pipeline Sabotage 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Differences in assumed fertility rates have been an important reason behind a notable diversion in what various models had previously forecast for the world’s population in 2100, for example. The World Population Just Hit 8 Billion and Here’s How It Will Continue to Grow 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z But one has been slower decline in fertility rates in some parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, according to a separate U.N. report in 2020. Gates Foundation’s report shows the difficult path to global progress 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Muslims, for example, tend to have the youngest population and the highest fertility rates, he said, driving the growth of that faith. U.S. Christian majority could fade in coming decades, models find 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z “It did not reverse the long-term dip in fertility rates, but the downward trend has slowed as compared to South Korea.” Few South Koreans Are Having Babies. A Mayor’s Answer? More Nannies. 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z South Korea broke its own record for the world’s lowest total fertility rate, which dropped for the sixth year in a row to 0.81 in 2021. Your Thursday Briefing: Six Months of War in Ukraine 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z South Korea has again recorded the world's lowest fertility rate with the number sinking to a new low. South Korea records world's lowest fertility rate again 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The fertility rate — the average number of children born to a woman during her reproductive years — declined for the sixth straight year to 0.81 in 2021, according to Statistics Korea, the national statistics agency. South Korea Breaks Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate, Again 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The labour force is shrinking, because South Korea's fertility rate is so low. S.Korea teachers, parents protest plan to lower school entry age to 5 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The coronavirus pandemic has done a doozy on the country’s demographics, with fertility rates plummeting and death rates higher than expected for years to come, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. Pandemic cut deep into America’s demographics with lower birth rates, higher death rates 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The implications of the low fertility rate in South Korea are already being felt. Your Thursday Briefing: Six Months of War in Ukraine 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z At the same time, some of the world's most developed economies are already seeing population decline as fertility rates fall below 2.1 children per woman, which is known as the "replacement rate". World Population Day: India will overtake China in 2023, says the UN 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z A fertility rate of 2.1 is needed for a population to remain the same size without migration. South Korea Breaks Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate, Again 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Given the pandemic, an aging population and relatively low fertility rates, Eurostat said deaths should continue to outstrip births in the coming years. Hit by COVID, EU population shrinks for second year running, Eurostat says 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The lower projected fertility rate is a dominant factor, accelerating trends. Pandemic cut deep into America’s demographics with lower birth rates, higher death rates 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z It’s a chart from The Wall Street Journal showing that the US fertility rate has been below the “replacement level” since the 1970s. Elon Musk’s quest to repopulate the Earth 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z "Even in the US, as an Asian-American, it can be a taboo as a second-generation immigrant," she says, although adding she feels plummeting fertility rates may force the authorities' hands in some countries. What does egg freezing have to do with your employer? 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The implications of the low fertility rate are already being felt across South Korean society. South Korea Breaks Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate, Again 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The fertility rate — the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime — decreased for the sixth year in a row, to 1.3. Japan records its largest natural population decline as births fall 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z For example, the fertility rates of women over 30 and under 30 had been converging. Pandemic cut deep into America’s demographics with lower birth rates, higher death rates 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Its fertility rate of around 1.2 children per woman is among the lowest in the world, but the trend of declining births and ageing populations is common to many advanced countries. No more bambinos? Italy's firms move to tackle birth crisis 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z —The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries with a fertility rate that ensured each generation had enough children to replace itself — about 2.1 kids per woman. US births rose last year but still less than before pandemic 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Combined with a menacing “invasion” of non-White immigrants, low White fertility rates, he warns, “will ultimately result in the complete racial and cultural replacement” of Whites. Perspective | With the Buffalo massacre, white Christian nationalism strikes again 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z More than a dozen countries, including Ukraine and Italy, reported lower fertility rates than Japan that year. Japan records its largest natural population decline as births fall 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Experts believe it can be directly linked to India's falling fertility rate - the average number of children a woman gives birth to. NFHS-5: India's preference for sons over daughters remains 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The fertility rate - the average number of children born to a woman over her reproductive life - in South Korea was just 0.81 last year. Kids later than sooner. South Korean women freeze eggs as child-rearing costs surge 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Many have also welcomed the fact that egg-freezing could help boost Singapore's fertility rate, which is among the lowest in the world. What Singapore's move to legalise egg freezing says about its society 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Certainly, recruitment is a problem in Russia where dropping fertility rates mean there are fewer young Russians available to fight. Ukraine war: Defiant troops tell Russians: 'Go home while you're still alive' 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Systematic data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics demonstrate that from 1980 to 2002 fertility rates for women aged 30 and older were going up. Popular Health Claims, Such as a Woman’s Fertility Dropping at Age 30, Are Wildly Overblown 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Thailand is not alone in the region struggling with low fertility rates, but is less wealthy than some more developed countries that have been forced to rely on migrant workers to support their economies. Thailand bids to avert 'population crisis' as birth rate crashes 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Analysts are tracking not only the rise in mortality but also a significant birth dearth as women’s fertility rates plummet to record lows. Americans will be cleaning up from the coronavirus for years, experts warn 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z For years, Hungary had one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe. Tucker Carlson's Hungarian rhapsody: A far-right manifesto for waging the "demographic war" 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Last year, when it announced results from the 2020 census, the statistics bureau still pegged the total fertility rate at 1.3. China’s population may start to shrink this year, new birth data suggest 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Early in the pandemic, Mexico’s population agency warned that the pandemic could result in 120,000 additional unplanned births — an unwelcome reversal in the long battle to tame the fertility rate. In coronavirus-hit Mexico, many women are ‘determined to not have babies’ 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Even at replacement fertility rates, the children of these young people will continue to push up numbers, and India may exceed China as the world’s most populous nation as early as next year. India defuses its population bomb: Fertility falls to two children per woman 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z In Bolzano, near the border with Austria, the fertility rate was 1.71 while on the southern island of Sardinia, women had 0.97 children on average. Births in Italy hit 160-year low and continue to slide 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z With one of the world’s lowest fertility rates — at 1.3 children per woman, it is below Japan’s — China’s population could begin to fall within a few years, demographers predict. In need of a baby boom, China clamps down on vasectomies 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z In Poland, where fertility rates are among the lowest in the world, a group of women are taking control and becoming mothers to fake babies. The surprising benefits of lifelike dolls 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Canada's successive governments have relied on immigration to drive economic growth in the face of a declining fertility rate, which hit a record low last year. Canada opens door to immigrants, adding fuel to hot housing market 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The strikingly different fertility rates in different regions of India reflect the role of education, says EM Sreejit of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in South Asia. India defuses its population bomb: Fertility falls to two children per woman 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The trend has been worsened by a long-running fall in fertility rates, which hit a record low last year, official data out on Wednesday showed. Coronavirus spreads in Australia's pubs; Omicron cases linked to party boat 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Iran, a country of nearly 85 million, has the lowest fertility rate in the Middle East, Saleh Ghasemi, the head of Iran’s Center for Strategic Research on Population, told Iranian state media in October. Iran doubles down on abortion and contraception restrictions 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z But many wealthy nations do much more than the United States to support families, and their fertility rates still remain well below the replacement rate. Opinion | Fertility rates keep falling. And there are no easy solutions to fix it. 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z In cities across India — as in other countries — women are opting for fewer children: The urban fertility rate is 1.6. India says nationwide birthrates drop below key ‘replacement rate’ 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Back in the 1960s, India faced an exploding population, with a fertility rate of nearly six children per woman. India defuses its population bomb: Fertility falls to two children per woman 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z America’s population is aging, and fertility rates have been declining. Missing Foreign Workers Add to Hiring Challenges 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Plastic pollution poses a serious threat to humanity, as chemicals in plastic products have been linked to dropping male fertility rates, cancer and other serious health ailments. There may be plastic in your meat — and there is definitely plastic in your body 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Today inequality is much starker, and the fertility rate has been cut in half as adults remain single longer and have fewer or no children after they pair up. Where the Suburbs End 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Southern states including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka had fertility rates below the replacement rate. India says nationwide birthrates drop below key ‘replacement rate’ 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Thanks to past high fertility rates, two-thirds of the population is under 35 years old, and a large cohort of people is now entering childbearing age. India defuses its population bomb: Fertility falls to two children per woman 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The new study’s numbers are based on statistical modeling that used fertility rates, death statistics and household composition data to make estimates. More than 120,000 US kids had caregivers die during pandemic 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Over the past four decades, male fertility rates have plummeted. Male fertility rates have plummeted. The NIH is spending millions to figure out why 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z All religious groups in India have shown major declines in fertility rates, a study from Pew Research Center has found. Pew study: Little change in India's religious make-up in 70 years 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The dropping fertility rate does not mean India’s population is already decreasing, but rather its growth rate is slowing. India says nationwide birthrates drop below key ‘replacement rate’ 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z In China, where the population may be at its peak, official figures put the fertility rate at 1.7 children per woman. India defuses its population bomb: Fertility falls to two children per woman 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Goss said they will be closely watching fertility rates in the future to see whether they do rebound, as he’s projecting. Social Security predicts pandemic birth blip, not birth dearth 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z That could have some impact on long-term finances, though the trustees say that the ultimate fertility rate will end up close to the average of the baby-boom era. Column: Beating dire predictions, Social Security weathered the COVID crisis well 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The findings are not entirely surprising because India's overall fertility rate has been declining steeply in recent decades - an average Indian woman is expected to have 2.2 children in her lifetime. Pew study: Little change in India's religious make-up in 70 years 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The declining fertility rate observed in recent years was backed by an uptick in several key indicators, demographers said. India says nationwide birthrates drop below key ‘replacement rate’ 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The trustees concluded that these elevated mortality rates, along with lower immigration and depressed fertility rates, have had a significant effect on the trust funds supporting both programs in the short term. Pandemic will push U.S. mortality up through 2023, new government report predicts 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “It’s not very different from the right wing, White American anxiety that Whites will become a demographic minority in the United States. In America, the issue is immigration. In India, the issue is fertility rates.” In India, a debate over population control turns explosive 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Any change in homeownership, marriage or fertility rates among this group would fuel spending on everything from outdoor grills and washing machines to day care. Wedding business is booming, a short-term jolt to the economy 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z The United States over the past 10 years experienced the slowest population growth rate in eight decades, according to the 2020 census, because of plunging fertility rates and shrinking immigration. Decline in Immigration Threatens Growth of Regions on the Rise 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Census Bureau, tied in part to decreased fertility rates and slowing immigration. Canada wants immigrants but the pandemic is in the way. So it’s looking to keep people already there. 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z There was also a sharp drop in fertility rates last year that accelerated a preexisting downward trend. Pandemic will push U.S. mortality up through 2023, new government report predicts 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Six years ago, as a member of parliament, Adityanath told supporters at a Hindu monastery that “the comparatively high fertility rate among Muslims will cause a dangerous demographic imbalance.” In India, a debate over population control turns explosive 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Despite the push for Hungarian women to stay home and do their duty to repopulate the motherland, their fertility rate remains significantly lower than in countries such as Sweden, France and Denmark. What Tucker Carlson wants Fox News viewers to learn from Hungary's Viktor Orbán 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Today, the figure is more than 28 percent, and the fertility rate is almost half that of 1964. The 1964 Games Proclaimed a New Japan. There’s Less to Cheer This Time. 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Plastics are responsible for poisoning our bodies, reducing our fertility rates and destroying wildlife both on the land and in the sea. What is microplastic anyway? Inside the insidious pollution that is absolutely everywhere 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z At the same time, declining fertility rates mean the share of the U.S. working population will diminish over the next several decades. Pandemic will push U.S. mortality up through 2023, new government report predicts 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The Muslim population is expanding, the narrative goes, because of forced conversions of Hindus through marriage, illegal immigration from Bangladesh, and of course, higher fertility rates. In India, a debate over population control turns explosive 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The U.S. and China have fertility rates around 1.7 but are also trending downward, raising alarm that similar demographic crises are not far off for the world’s biggest powers and economies. Next stop, a town at risk of disappearing. Please, watch your bones 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z By 2070, the global fertility rate is expected to drop below replacement levels, according to the UN. The myth of India's population explosion 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z The writer was a State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research analyst who studied low fertility rates in Europe. Opinion | Figuring out what drives lower birth rates isn’t easy 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The U.S. fertility rate fell and remained below 2.5 in the 1930s. Back to the future: 2020s to echo roaring 20s or inflationary 70s? 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Demographers say Muslim families, who tend to occupy India’s lower socioeconomic strata, have fertility rates that are on par with groups such as Dalits, the lowest-ranked caste in India, formerly referred to as “untouchables.” In India, a debate over population control turns explosive 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z With just 1.3 children per woman in that year, China's fertility rate is on par with ageing societies such as Japan and Italy, and far short of the roughly 2.1 needed to reach replacement level. An hour from Shanghai, villagers only slightly more open to three-child policy 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Though some countries continue to see their populations grow, especially in Africa, fertility rates are falling nearly everywhere else. Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z In Sweden fertility rates increased in the 2000s thanks, in part, to heavily subsidised childcare. How do you convince people to have babies? 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z That would be one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. Key Takeaways From China’s Census Results 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The number of births in the United States dropped by 4 percentage points between 2019 and 2020, the biggest drop in decades, and the overall fertility rate hit another record low last year. A blinking light ahead: Slowing population growth raises questions about America as a land with unlimited horizons 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The general fertility rate — that is, the number of births per thousand women ages 15 to 44 — declined to 55.8 in 2020, according to new provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Opinion | The baby bust won’t end without government action 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In 2001, the Baltic nation’s declining fertility rate was seen as a looming crisis, but by 2018 births were on the rise. The U.S. birthrate is falling. Here’s how other countries have tried to persuade people to have more children. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z But any declines caused by the coronavirus pandemic are negligible compared with the overall direction of the country’s fertility rate, he said. U.S. birthrate falls to its lowest level in decades in wake of pandemic 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Though the mean age of childbearing varies widely throughout the world, overall increases will continue to lower fertility rates and global population growth in turn. US birth rate falls 4% to its lowest point ever 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z To consider the number of births relative to the size the population, demographers use a statistic called the general fertility rate. Record-low U.S. birth rate fell another 4% in 2020, CDC says 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Repeat that pattern all over the world for four or five generations, and global population can grow to eight billion from two billion, despite declining fertility rates. How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Many states and countries are wrestling with dropping fertility rates, Millers, the demographer, says. New Mexico expected to have fewer births, fewer students 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z The current fertility rate in the United States is 1.73, below the 2.1 figure considered to be the replacement rate, producing as many births each year as deaths. 2020 Census shows U.S. population grew at slowest pace since the 1930s In the CDC report, demographers examined the country's general fertility rate, which compares the number of live births with the number of women considered to be of childbearing age - between 15 and 44 years old. US birth rate falls 4% to its lowest point ever 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Declines in the general fertility rate were seen across racial and ethnic groups. Record-low U.S. birth rate fell another 4% in 2020, CDC says 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z By comparison, the fertility rate in Florida dropped by fewer than four births. Why California’s Growth Has Slowed (and Why Demographers Aren’t Surprised) 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z He added that with a fertility rate of around 7 children per woman, Niger held the world record and fastest rate of population growth. New Niger president Bazoum says he will improve education, security 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z "Certainly in the United States fertility rates never recovered to their pre-recession levels." Covid: From boom to bust - why lockdown hasn't led to more babies 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In 2020, the general fertility rate in the US was about 56 births per 1,000 women - the lowest rate on record and about half of what it was in the early 1960s. US birth rate falls 4% to its lowest point ever 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Spain’s fertility rate, the second lowest in Europe after tiny Malta, is still suffering the consequences of the double-dip recession caused by financial and debt crises in 2008-2012. Spain's first lockdown brings worst baby bust on record, mirroring Europe trend 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z “It doesn’t increase your fertility rate very much.” Immigrant fertility plunges in U.S., drops below replacement rate for first time 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z South Korea’s fertility rate, a measurement of the average number of children per woman, is the world’s lowest. As Birthrate Falls, South Korea’s Population Declines, Posing Threat to Economy 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Since the 1960s, it has worked to bring its fertility rate down with some success. Covid-19: The Philippines and its lockdown baby boom 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Today, the US total fertility rate sits at 1.6 - another record low. US birth rate falls 4% to its lowest point ever 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Vance provoked criticism for tweets in which he bemoaned American fertility rates and proclaimed himself a nationalist. 8 books you should read instead of 'Hillbilly Elegy' 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Immigrant women still have higher fertility rates than native-born women, but the lines are converging quickly. Immigrant fertility plunges in U.S., drops below replacement rate for first time 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z A fertility rate of 2.1 is regarded by demographers as the threshold required to replenish a country’s population. As Birthrate Falls, South Korea’s Population Declines, Posing Threat to Economy 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Even before the coronavirus pandemic threw the operation of colleges and universities into disarray, there was concern about future enrollment amid the country’s falling fertility rate and declining international student enrollment. Children From Immigrant Families Are Increasingly the Face of Higher Education 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z And “fertility rates in the Sahel are the highest in the world, with annual population growth of 3 per cent on average.” UN humanitarian chief: Sahel is very close to tipping point 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Israel, a country with the developed world’s highest fertility rate, crams 200,000 more people each year into a nation the size of New Jersey, half of it uninhabitable desert. A Low-Income Quarter Needs to Grow. A Prized Forest Could Pay the Price. 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Given our nation’s demographic trends — the lowest birthrate in three decades, a fertility rate well below replacement rates and a rising death rate as the baby boomers age — the writing is on the wall. Opinion | The United States runs the risk of losing health-care workers 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Other countries will also experience falling rates, with Italy and Spain seeing total fertility rates of 1.2 and Poland seeing a rate of 1.17. World population to shrink in the second half of this century, experts predict 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z So in the future, wealthy countries choosing to introduce generous support systems may see an uptick in their fertility rate, according to Dr Ritchie. What happens when the world's population shrinks? 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z This, combined with a low fertility rate of just 1.4 births per woman, means that the number of people able to fill jobs in the country is in decline. The nations with big (and small) population issues 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Nations with higher childhood mortality also need a higher fertility rate. 'Jaw-dropping' world fertility rate crash expected 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Comparing how women engage with services during a crisis and normal periods can help to analyse fertility rates or barriers to health care. Women are most affected by pandemics — lessons from past outbreaks 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z That is already weighing on fertility rates, exacerbating the problem of population aging. Millennials can’t afford homes after exiting the basement 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z For the first time, non-Whites and Hispanics made up the majority of the under-16 population in 2019, fueled by falling White fertility rates and the rapid growth in the Asian and Hispanic communities. Baby Boomer boom: Seniors post decade’s biggest U.S. population gains 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Countries need a fertility rate of about 2.1 births to maintain existing population sizes. The nations with big (and small) population issues 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The fertility rate in Ghana was at least several times higher than the approximately 1.5 births for the average Ukrainian woman in the 1990s. The ‘Cradle Catholic’ Promoting Family Planning in Ghana 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z U.S. births have hit the lowest point in 35 years, with fertility rates dipping to “below replacement levels,” according to a federal health report released Wednesday. CDC: U.S. birth rate falls to 35-year low 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z But given a cat’s extraordinary fertility rate, it did not take long for the feline population to get right back to where it started. Can We Save the Woodrat without Slaughtering Cats? 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z It is being pinched at both ends, with the population aging, and overall fertility rates well below the replacement level. 'They're addicted to me': How immigrants keep U.S. heartland cities afloat 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Israel’s daunting challenges arise partly from its vitality: The fertility rate of 3.1 children per woman is the highest among advanced countries, contributing to a population growth of more than 200,000 annually. Israel, ‘Start-up Nation,’ Groans Under Strains of Growth and Neglect 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The stubbornly high fertility rate may be a reflection of that economic failure, said Mr. Sims, the author. As Egypt’s Population Hits 100 Million, Celebration Is Muted 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Cai Yong, an associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, said he expected the low fertility rate to continue for at least a decade. Births in China Fall to Lowest Level in Nearly Six Decades 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The report said a slight rise in breast cancer incidence rates since 2004 — about 0.3 percent per year — is partly the result of fertility rate declines and increased obesity. Cancer death rate posts biggest one-year drop ever 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Utah’s fertility rate fell to 2.03 births per woman last year - the lowest rate in more than 50 years, new census data shows. Utah birth rate still on decline even as economy recovers 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Rather, declining abortions rates coincide with declining fertility rates, suggesting fewer women are getting pregnant. US abortion rate is lowest in nine years, new data shows 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The country’s lack of family-friendly policies is a factor in women’s stalled advancement in the work force and the country’s declining fertility rate, research shows. Republicans Now Support a Form of Paid Leave. So What’s the Holdup? 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The article declared that “the planet Earth is facing a climate emergency” and recommended eliminating fossil-fuel use; increasing forestation; eating more plant-based foods and less meat; lowering fertility rates, and curtailing economic growth. ‘Climate emergency’ declaration takes heat for fictional ‘world scientists’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z And America’s “traditional allies face even more daunting demographic challenges,” with the European Union and Japan having had sub-replacement fertility rates since the 1970s. Opinion | If China’s demography will determine it’s future, we have nothing to worry about 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Some of the results his team is finding could be specific to the population in the Philippines, where mothers are younger and fertility rates are higher than in the United States, he said. Do pregnancy and childbirth accelerate aging in women? Maybe. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, also has one of the highest fertility rates in the Americas with 2.9 births per woman. AP Explains: Reproductive rights in Mexico and Latin America 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z In 2018, the US fertility rate dropped to an all-time low, which some argue is the effect of women delaying pregnancy. Rate of US abortions drops to lowest level since 1973 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z They’re also having fewer children: The country’s fertility rate reached a record low in 2018 for the second consecutive year, according to the New York Times. Romantic comedies like 'Younger' leave 'happily ever after' at the altar 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z She also found evidence that fertility rates increased for women in specialties with shortened hours. How Medicine Became the Stealth Family-Friendly Profession 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z "Due to economic development and dropping fertility rates, the population of the world will plateau at about 11 billion in 80 years," she says. The people who want you to stop having babies 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z One study found that fertility rates in women dropped and fetal death rates soared. As Democrats debate in Detroit, Flint rebuilds after water crisis and years of distrust 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z This is happening in large part because of rising mortality rates and declining fertility rates. For first time this decade, a dip in King County’s white population, census data shows 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z As fertility rates plummet these handmaids are forced to have children for the rich and powerful. Outrage over Kylie Jenner's Handmaid's Tale party 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z It said the fertility rate in the United States also fell to a record low. U.S. Birthrate Drops 4th Year in a Row, Possibly Echoing the Great Recession 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The general fertility rate in America fell to 59.0, the lowest since the federal government began keeping track, deepening a fertility stump that is likely to shape the country’s future workforce. The Daily 202: Marco Rubio slams CEOs for bad China deals, short-term thinking and not investing in U.S. workers 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The provisional report’s findings, compiled from more than 99% of U.S. birth records, also revealed a record low fertility rate of 59 births per 1,000 for women aged 15 to 44 years. U.S. birthrate among women in teens, 20s hits a 32-year low 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The fertility rate is a hypothetical estimate based on lifetime projections of age-specific birth rates. Fewer babies as US birth rate fails to rebound with economy 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Yet the entire thrust of the Journal article was that streaming has killed sex, which has in turn led to falling fertility rates. Is Netflix killing sex, stopping us having babies – or neither? | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The long-term decline in both the birth and fertility rate is bringing the United States more closely in line with other wealthy countries. U.S. Birthrate Drops 4th Year in a Row, Possibly Echoing the Great Recession 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The problem is exacerbated by a fertility rate — the number of children born per woman — that is the lowest since the 1930s . Opinion | The country isn’t ‘full’ — and Trump knows it 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z But he thinks fertility rates will not again reach the rates they were at before the 2008 housing market crash. U.S. birthrate among women in teens, 20s hits a 32-year low 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z “Our fertility rates are still quite high for a wealthy nation,” said Caroline Sten Hartnett, a demographer at the University of South Carolina. Fewer babies as US birth rate fails to rebound with economy 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z These figures could be distorted by falling fertility rates and an aging population. How these grandparents became America’s unofficial social safety net 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z “Sub-replacement fertility” is a technical term that means a total fertility rate of less than about 2.1 children per woman, the number needed for each generation to exactly “replace” itself numerically. Opinion | Racist terrorists are obsessed with demographics. Let’s not give them talking points. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Nearly half of the world’s countries now have fertility rates below the level needed to maintain their population size. Opinion | Why You Want to Eat This Baby Up: It’s Science 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z He added the fertility rates for the U.S. are not as bad as the rates of other industrialized countries such as Japan and Italy. U.S. birthrate among women in teens, 20s hits a 32-year low 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Other tweets from the same user on that day included references to declining white fertility rates, articles about right-wing extremists in various countries and stories about purported crimes by illegal immigrants. New Zealand mosque attacker's plan began and ended online 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Last year the number of children born in Britain, which has a fertility rate of 1.7 – and which will now introduce fertility education into its curriculum for secondary school students - hit a 10-year low. I’ve frozen my eggs, but women shouldn’t have to solve the ‘baby bust’ alone | Dearbhail McDonald 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s convenient to summarize fertility in a single number, but the total fertility rate is a complicated metric. Opinion | Racist terrorists are obsessed with demographics. Let’s not give them talking points. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Yet the fertility rate for Hispanic women dropped by about 47 percent, according to Dr. Johnson. Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Birth rates and fertility rates, which account for the number of women of childbearing age, are at their lowest levels on record, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Working parents are an endangered species. That’s why Democrats are talking child care. 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z China, with an estimated fertility rate of 1.02 in 2018, now finds itself in the same category as other predominantly Chinese societies in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Singapore, Yi said. China’s leaders want more babies, but local officials resist 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z The decline in global fertility rates is an extraordinary success story for humanity. I’ve frozen my eggs, but women shouldn’t have to solve the ‘baby bust’ alone | Dearbhail McDonald 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z In reality, fertility rates are relatively stable in much of the developed world, and we’re far from either the very low birthrates or small population sizes that would actually pose existential threats to our futures. Opinion | Racist terrorists are obsessed with demographics. Let’s not give them talking points. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Idaho, North Dakota, and Nebraska all have fertility rates over 2,000. Here’s why the birth rate is so low in the United States 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Correspondents say the biggest applause during his speech was for his announcement of a seven-point plan to increase the fertility rate. Mums of four in Hungary to pay no tax 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z But around 2000, the fertility rate leveled off or even ticked up in some African countries and did not slow again for several years. Rise in size of African families may be tied to less schooling 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The fertility rate is below replacement level in most high-income, developed economies including China, whose birth level fell to its lowest in five decades last year, despite relaxing its one- then two-child policy. I’ve frozen my eggs, but women shouldn’t have to solve the ‘baby bust’ alone | Dearbhail McDonald 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z First of all, the total fertility rate in Europe is below replacement rate. Opinion | Why are Republicans suddenly outraged over Steve King’s racism? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Indeed, only two states — South Dakota and Utah — have total fertility rates that help them sustain their current population. Here’s why the birth rate is so low in the United States 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The U.S. fertility rate currently is too low to replace the nation’s population over time, according to federal statistics published Thursday. U.S. fertility rate too low to replace population: Report 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z What’s more, in two large countries with fertility stalls, Kenya and Nigeria, fertility rates rose much more for women with no education compared with those who with some education or who had finished primary school. Rise in size of African families may be tied to less schooling 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Female education and empowerment is the key driver of reduced fertility rates mitigating overpopulation, while reducing child mortality and child poverty. I’ve frozen my eggs, but women shouldn’t have to solve the ‘baby bust’ alone | Dearbhail McDonald 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Working population numbers were now stagnating, it said, with a low fertility rate set to cause further issues. China's population 'to peak at 1.44bn' 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z But even within that group of childbearing-age women, fertility rates are still low. Opinion | The demographic time bomb that could hit America 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z In 2015, the fertility rate in Shanghai and Beijing was 0.7, the lowest recorded rate in human history, according to economist and demographic analyst James Liang, author of “The Demographics of Innovation.” China may be ready to drop limits on child-bearing, but the pain of its one-child policy endures 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Indeed, empowering women might do more to change a country’s total fertility rate than pushing pro-natalism, said Harper, although that would not necessarily cause a baby boom. Falling total fertility rate should be welcomed, population expert says 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Greece’s fertility rate, of about 1.35 births per woman, is among the lowest in Europe, and well below the rate of 2.1 needed for a stable population, not accounting for immigration. Where are all the children? How Greece’s financial crisis led to a baby bust. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z In many ways, falling fertility rates are a success story. 'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Lower U.S. fertility rates are a blessing, not a curse. Dropping fertility rates: ‘A blessing’ 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Some provinces, including Liaoning in the northeast where fertility rates are lowest, are planning tax breaks and financial support to encourage couples to have more children. China may be ready to drop limits on child-bearing, but the pain of its one-child policy endures 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z In the interview, King discussed his belief in the superiority of European culture, decried falling fertility rates in the West, and said that Europe and America are threatened by Muslim and Latino immigration. A radical Republican shows his Aryan colors 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “Demand for children is higher on average in sub-Saharan Africa than in any other region,” with the fertility rate around 5.1 births per woman, a United Nations report released this month says. Polygamy persists across Africa, to activists’ dismay 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The reason developed countries need a fertility rate of 2.1 is because not all children survive to adulthood and babies are ever so slightly more likely to be male than female. 'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z "Demand for children is higher on average in sub-Saharan Africa than in any other region," with the fertility rate around 5.1 births per woman, a United Nations report released this month says. Polygamy persists across Africa, to activists' dismay 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z “The declining total fertility rates are children not born in the moment, but the hope is that they are delayed, not forgone,” Kohler said. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, said that what struck him about the new report is the figures on Hispanic women, who have traditionally had high fertility rates. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z In a continent where fertility rates are the highest in the world and populations are soaring, Botswana has a different story to tell. How to grapple with soaring world population? An answer from down south 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size. 'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z And as long as Denmark's fertility rate stays low, the government is likely to keep supporting treatment that helps the population to grow. Why is IVF so popular in Denmark? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z William H. Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, said that what struck him about the new report is the figures on Hispanic women, who have traditionally had high fertility rates. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He said the fertility rates for Hispanic women in urban areas are now below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 children per woman, which would keep the population stable. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It’s one of the fastest falling fertility rates anywhere in the world – a dramatic decline that merits scrutiny. How to grapple with soaring world population? An answer from down south 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z It does not mean the number of people living in these countries is falling, at least not yet as the size of a population is a mix of the fertility rate, death rate and migration. 'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z With the lowest fertility rate in the world, the country's population will start shrinking unless something changes. 'Why I never want babies' 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The China Times newspaper said in a recent editorial that the two-child policy is "not effectively increasing the national fertility rate". China hints at three-child policy with 'happy family' stamps 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “The declining total fertility rates are children not born in the moment, but the hope is that they are delayed, not foregone,” Kohler said. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z High fertility rates among his people are part of the demographic shift. 'No land for love or money': how gentrification hit the Mennonites 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z A report by the International Energy Agency cited high fertility rates and persistent poverty in many Sub-Saharan countries as among the reasons for the scant progress. Undercooked: an expensive push to save lives and protect the planet falls short 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Speak to South Koreans from older generations about the low fertility rate and the contrast in attitude is sharp. 'Why I never want babies' 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The regime is reacting to a worldwide drop in fertility rates. 'The Handmaid's Tale': A deeper look at the chillingly prescient second season 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z From 2007 to 2017, Hispanic women experienced a 26 percent drop in fertility rates in rural areas, a 29 percent drop in smaller metro areas and a 30 percent decline in large metro areas. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z At first, researchers thought the declining fertility rate was because of the recession, but it kept falling even as the economy recovered. Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The U.S. fertility rate fell to a record low in 2016 — in other words, we are not making enough future workers right here. Trump’s border policies wall off a sensible debate on immigration challenge 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The country also has one of the highest fertility rates – women give birth to an average of 5.6 children – compared with 4.8 in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole. The Ugandan girl who trekked barefoot to escape marriage at 13 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The easiest way to grasp the seriousness of what is happening is to look at the fertility rate, which is the average number of babies born to mothers between the ages of fifteen and forty-four. Why the United States Needs More Immigrants 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Other wealthy countries such as Japan and Germany are grappling with low fertility rates, and there’s a lot to learn about how they have managed their smaller workforce to maintain high productivity. As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Last year, the only age group in which the fertility rate increased was women ages 40 to 44. Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “They were very, very concerned when we told them about these fertility rates,” he says. After a bar opens, the Baka pygmies of Cameroon have fewer babies 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z This is driven by the effects of differential fertility rates as well as immigration. From Harry Truman to Donald Trump: A long political realignment brought us to this disaster 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The report notes that the most religious areas of the world are experiencing the fastest population growth, due to high fertility rates and relatively young populations. Young more religious than old in only two countries in world 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Mexico’s fertility rate was nearly seven births per mother in 1960, and by the 1980s, as many young Mexican men reached adulthood, their small family farms could not sustain them. Trump touts San Diego border wall, but there’s a hole in this success story 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The U.S. maintained surprisingly high fertility rates for a long time. US fertility is dropping. Here’s why some experts saw it coming 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z That's assuming that fertility rates don't fall even further, as they might if China follows the same pattern as its neighbors, South Korea and Taiwan. Why China can’t keep growing like mad forever 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z The US fertility rate is lower than the UK's but the US still has a higher fertility rate than many other countries. US birth rates drop to lowest since 1987 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The fertility rate among Hispanic women dropped more than 27 percent between 2007 and 2016, the most recent year of data by race. Fertility Rate Fell to a Record Low, for a Second Straight Year 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z —The rate of births to women ages 15 to 44, known as the general fertility rate, sank to a record low of about 60 per 1,000. US births hit a 30-year low, despite good economy 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The U.S. maintained its high fertility rate even while being comparatively weak on “pro-fertility” policies like family leave and financial support for parents. US fertility is dropping. Here’s why some experts saw it coming 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The U.S. once was among a handful of developed countries with a fertility rate that ensured each generation had enough children to replace it. US births hit a 30-year low, despite good economy 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “You have to take into account the various fertility rates in designing limits on immigration.” Opinion | Trump says his policies aren’t based in bigotry. But then there are the facts. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z There were so many miscarriages in Flint, University of Kansas economists found the fertility rate dropped by 12%, and fetal death shot up by 58%. Flint crisis four years on: what little trust is left continues to wash away 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z White nationalist Richard Spencer’s National Policy Institute frets about white “displacement by the subject race through differential fertility rates and interracial breeding.” Opinion | Is it a coincidence that Trump uses the language of white supremacy? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z By one measure, called the “general fertility rate,” U.S. fertility is indeed the lowest it’s ever been. US fertility is dropping. Here’s why some experts saw it coming 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Italy's fertility rate is among the lowest in the EU. Lesbian mums can't register baby in Italy 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “This can be linked to an inflammatory narrative alleging that high fertility rates among the Rohingya represent an existential threat to the majority population.” Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Even adjusted for the aging population and declining share of women of childbearing age, U.S. fertility rates are at all-time lows. Analysis | Toys R Us’s baby problem is everybody’s baby problem 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In the U.S., higher fertility rates track with support for Republicans, but single mothers are more likely to vote for Democrats — as are recent immigrants, a relatively high-fertility group. Opinion | Power to the Parents 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z A better measure, without this issue, is total fertility rate. US fertility is dropping. Here’s why some experts saw it coming 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Its authors said fertility rates might help predict economic downturns. Can pregnancy rates predict a recession? 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z This won’t stop the loss of a white majority; the youthful Hispanic population already here, with its higher fertility rate, makes that inevitable. Opinion | Trump won’t stop trying to keep America white 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z If low fertility rates persist, the combined population of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary will fall by more than 8 million to 56 million by 2050, according to a 2017 U.N. report. Enter the robots: automation fills gaps in east Europe's factories 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The general fertility rate in the United States is at a record low, and the total fertility rate in the United States is down to 1.84 births per woman. The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The first is a persistently low fertility rate that leads, over time, to a shrinking population. US fertility is dropping. Here’s why some experts saw it coming 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Using public policy to increase the nation’s fertility rate is not easy. Immigration Is Practically a Free Lunch for America 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z But an unchecked decline in its fertility rate would leave Turkey with an ageing population – a problem that many countries in Europe face. Turkey's waning fertility threatens Erdoğan's vision of strength 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z If low fertility rates persist, the combined population of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary will fall by more than 8 million to 56 million by 2050, according to a 2017 U.N. report. Enter the robots: automation fills gaps in east Europe's factories 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Though the overall general fertility rate decreased in 2016, it increased for women 30 and older. The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The U.S. is unlikely to return to the exceptionally high fertility rates enjoyed before the last recession, but the current rate is one that many countries would be thrilled with. US fertility is dropping. Here’s why some experts saw it coming 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Abbamonte said several cultural and economic factors have contributed to the nation’s falling fertility rate. Marco Rubio, Mike Lee proposal seen as ‘baby bust’ solution 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z He created a task force to ensure the law was enforced, presenting the move as a way to lift falling fertility rates. A campaign to legalise abortion is gaining ground in South Korea 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Sub-Saharan Africa, with some of the world’s most impoverished nations, will continue to be plagued by poverty unless governments reduce high fertility rates, development experts say. How about a vasectomy? Uganda wants more men to say yes 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Its fertility rate was reported to be 1 in 2010, more than in the north-east but still alarmingly low. China’s demographic divisions are getting deeper 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z In the United States, he said, the fertility rate among white people is “below the levels where the population can be sustained.” Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Since 1973, Paper Finds 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z But immigration advocacy groups are opposed, as are many economists who say the nation, with an aging population and low fertility rate, should be encouraging an influx of younger workers to spur economic growth. Trump is pushing for a 'merit-based' immigration system that slashes the number of legal immigrants 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Immigration advocacy groups are opposed, as are many economists who say the nation, with an aging population and low fertility rate, should be encouraging an influx of younger workers to spur economic growth. Trump pushes to sharply cut the number of legal immigrants and move U.S. to a 'merit-based' immigration system 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z For example, the continent has the highest fertility rates in the world, but more African governments are pushing contraceptives, saying the best answer for densely populated countries is smaller families. Vanishing Land Fuels ‘Looming Crisis’ Across Africa 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The highest rate that year was in Guangxi, a province in the south bordering Vietnam, where the fertility rate was 1.79. China’s demographic divisions are getting deeper 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z There have been fears that the resulting low fertility rate was driving the country towards a demographic crisis. Families, fertility and feminism: landmarks in women's rights 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The total fertility rate for Parsis- the number of children a woman has - has dropped to 0.8. Glimmer of hope at last for India's vanishing Parsis - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z As a result, fertility rates halved in just one decade. WATCH: The solution for reversing global warming is educating girls and family planning 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The present overall fertility rate puts the United States population below replacement level, but that does not mean the population is declining. U.S. Fertility Rate Reaches a Record Low 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Researchers calculated that ending child marriage would reduce national fertility rates by 11%. Child marriage will cost the world $4tn by 2030, researchers warn 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The data includes live birth counts, fertility rates, birth outcomes and causes of death by county of residence, age group, gender, and race and ethnicity. Ind. health officials launch site with birth and death data 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Although the initial euphoria is palpable, it is too early to estimate any demographic impact it has had on the fertility rate. Glimmer of hope at last for India's vanishing Parsis - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z By contrast, all European countries now languish with fertility rates below replacement level, meaning that populations will inexorably decline without large-scale immigration. World population to hit 8bn in 2023, says new UN survey 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z As a result of a strikingly low fertility rate and negligible immigration, there could, according to official projections, be only 85-95 million Japanese by 2050. Goodbye Pacific pivot, hello Pacific retreat 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Aging baby boomers drove the changing mix in population, as did higher life expectancies and low fertility rates, the report said. World Digest: May 3, 2017 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z That is set to change, due to the relatively young age profile of Muslims and their high fertility rates. Muslim population set to overtake Christian birthrate in 20 years 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The world’s Muslim population, on the other hand, is relatively young and concentrated in regions with high fertility rates. Muslim Babies Likely to Outnumber Others by 2035, Report Says 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Latin American fertility rates are unlikely to rebound, these results suggest a good part of the decline in undocumented immigration is permanent. The Facts About Immigration 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z But unless women want their families to be smaller, there’s no reason to think the fertility rate will decrease anytime soon. Why have four children when you could have seven? Family planning in Niger 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z And as Dasgupta noted, most of these extra billions will appear in Africa, where the fertility rate is still twice that of the rest of the world. Biologists say half of all species could be extinct by end of century 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Rosling's global statistics on total fertility rate and infant mortality rate do not indicate causality, neither are they necessarily correlated. Population statistics: Does child survival limit family size? : Nature : Nature Research 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Sub-Saharan Africa, where fertility rates are high, will meanwhile be home to a growing share of the Christian and Muslim populations. Muslim Babies Likely to Outnumber Others by 2035, Report Says 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z He also argued vigorously that overpopulation would no longer be problematic as the world grew wealthier and fertility rates declined. Hans Rosling, Swedish Doctor and Pop-Star Statistician, Dies at 68 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z A study of the United States showed that immigrant inflows lower the cost of child care and modestly increase fertility rates among native women with college degrees. Asia’s looming labour shortage 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z U.S. fertility rate — the number of babies born per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 — last year fell to its lowest point on record. It’s more expensive than ever to raise a child in the U.S. 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z There are multiple reasons for the decline in border crossings since 2000, including tighter border security, a relatively weak US economy and Mexico’s falling fertility rate. How Breitbart and the conservative right opened a new front in the war over fake news 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z White “natural decrease” — when births fail to keep up with deaths — is due largely to the aging of the baby-boom generation and declining white fertility rates, particularly since the Great Recession, the report found. In a third of the U.S., more white people are now dying than being born 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Minority populations, particularly Latinos, continue to grow thanks to higher fertility rates, and the Census projects that the U.S. will be majority-minority around the mid-2040s. More White People Are Dying Than Are Being Born in 17 States 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z They claim that high fertility rates for third-world immigrants and low fertility rates for white women will — if left unchecked — threaten the very existence of whites as a distinct race. History of the alt-right: The movement isn’t just Breitbart and white nationalists — it’s worse 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Be it Germany or Japan, state-paid bonuses aim to amplify the patter of little feet in homes amid sagging fertility rates. With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The government, which is keen to push up the fertility rate from the current 1.5 children per woman to 1.8 to slow the shrinking of Japan’s population, might ponder all this. No pain, no gain 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Along with the aging of baby boomers, the change is driven largely by a decline in the number of white women of childbearing age, combined with a decline in the white fertility rate. In a third of the U.S., more white people are now dying than being born 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The declines, exacerbated by the Great Recession, are largely driven by an aging white population, fewer women of childbearing age, and lower fertility rates overall, according to researchers. More White People Are Dying Than Are Being Born in 17 States 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z I suspect fertility rates in the US are about to plummet. Doctors Brace for Zika Babies 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z It is the lowest fertility rate in the world, according to People’s Daily, the main newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Suggesting why the topic was sensitive, the letter said of the depressed fertility rate: Chinese City Urges Comrades to Do Their Part and Reproduce 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The premise seems to be that those who wish to lower fertility rates must be misanthropic, or fail to see the value of humans. Why we should have fewer children: to save the planet | Travis N Rieder 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z What about unauthorized immigrants from Africa and the Middle East, where fertility rates remain high, conflicts frequent and job prospects poor? The Crumbling Case for a Mexican Border Wall 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The difficulty young Japanese have in pairing up is one reason why the fertility rate has plunged. I don’t 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Last week, three civil society groups in the southern city of Guangzhou issued a report calling for greater reproductive freedom for single women to counter the country’s low fertility rate. With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Young people are disproportionately likely to leave, raising the average age and hitting the already-low fertility rate. Europe’s scapegoat 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Several commenters point to low-fertility countries such as Japan, Italy and Germany, and argue that problems experienced by such countries are proof that the “real” population crisis is our dropping fertility rate. Why we should have fewer children: to save the planet | Travis N Rieder 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Those arriving in the 1980s and 1990s were born in the 1960s and 1970s, when Mexico’s fertility rates was as high as seven children per woman. The Crumbling Case for a Mexican Border Wall 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Usually, as countries become wealthier and as women become more integrated in the workforce, fertility rates plummet—sometimes well below the natural replenishment level—as happened in nations from Japan to Italy. Jewish Baby Boom Alters Israeli-Palestinian Dynamic 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z While some findings were released in April, others — including the fertility rate — only became widely available in late October. With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In any case, the U.S. fertility rate has gotten even lower since then. Here's When Americans Really Started to Panic About Overpopulation 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Lastly, there’s the view that lowering fertility rates will kill the economy. Why we should have fewer children: to save the planet | Travis N Rieder 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Most populous countries But within this diverse region there are African countries and cities bucking the trend – Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, has a fertility rate of 1.7. Over-populated or under-developed? The real story of population growth 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Those schools had 10 to 12 percent higher-than-expected teenage fertility rates, even at a time when teen pregnancy was decreasing across the nation. Teenagers given condoms at school likelier to become pregnant: Study 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The National Health and Family Planning Commission, by contrast, says China’s fertility rate is 50 percent higher, at about 1.6 children per woman, a figure that appears in international databases. With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But the country’s fertility rate is one of the lowest in the world, with an average of 1.4 births per woman. Top 10 Countries to Be A Mother 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The authors found that fertility rates rose and primary-school attendance fell in the districts that benefited most from the tariff. The toll of tariffs 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Fertility rates have dropped In contrast to those countries facing consistently high fertility rates, more than 40 countries are expected to decrease their population between 2015 and 2050. Over-populated or under-developed? The real story of population growth 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A recent paper from America’s National Bureau of Economic Research uses fertility rates as a way to test this theory. Fudge-ocracy 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z In Brazil, the country with the world’s largest Roman Catholic population, broad access to contraceptives has contributed to a plummeting fertility rate of just 1.77 children per woman. Francis Says Contraception Can Be Used to Slow Zika 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z How would such decisions, or conversely, continuing clusters of birth defects, affect fertility rates? Know Zika to Fight Zika 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The scope for feuds is increased by the complexity of family structures, thanks to high fertility rates and occasional polygamy. Succession failure 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Research has also shown the impact of education on lowering fertility rates – educated girls are more likely to marry later and have fewer children. Over-populated or under-developed? The real story of population growth 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z But the relationship between fertility rates and career trajectory disappears when using the census data rather than the figures reported by the local officials themselves. Fudge-ocracy 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Some wonder whether Thailand’s falling fertility rate—at 1.5 children per woman among the lowest in South-East Asia—explains the strong demand for magic dolls. Dolls that bring luck—and drugs 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z "There is a higher fertility rate among Hispanics than among whites," he said. Average Age of First-Time Moms in U.S. Still Rising: CDC 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Without immigration, the country’s population would eventually shrink, since the fertility rate isn’t high enough to achieve sustained growth. Some Countries See Migrants as an Economic Boon, Not a Burden 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, the government helped push the fertility rate below two children per woman, warning, “Two are too many.” Korean County Achieves Its Goal: Less Birth Control, More Babies 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z But other Asian countries, seeking to maximize economic growth, are also struggling with population and family-size policies as they cope with lower fertility rates among their population. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z So even for authoritarian China, raising the fertility rate will not be simple. As China and Europe Age, Path to More Children Lies Beyond Bedroom 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z In the capital, Addis Ababa, the fertility rate is estimated to be 1.7 - lower than the rate needed to keep the population steady. Why Ethiopian women are having fewer children than their mothers - BBC News 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z First, we must question the glib history that China was stuck in the adversity of high fertility rates until the policy changed it all. Amartya Sen: Women’s Progress Outdid China’s One-Child Policy 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Demographers agree that around the world, fertility rates generally fall as wealth and women’s educational levels rise. China Will Feel One-Child Policy’s Effects for Decades, Experts Say 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z However, demographers say socioeconomic changes – not government policies – are the fundamental reasons for low fertility rates and smaller families. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Examples of countries that recover from low fertility rates are rare, scholars and experts say. As China and Europe Age, Path to More Children Lies Beyond Bedroom 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z A case in point is Niger, the country with the highest fertility rate in the world - 7.6. Why Ethiopian women are having fewer children than their mothers - BBC News 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z After that huge drop, the fertility rate continued to fall with the new draconian policy in force, but there was no plunge — only a smooth continuation of the falling trend that preceded the restriction. Amartya Sen: Women’s Progress Outdid China’s One-Child Policy 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Wang said the one-child policy was “a textbook example of bad science combined with bad politics” that was morally questionable and primed a demographic time bomb by driving down fertility rates further. China lifts one-child policy amid worries over graying population 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In many countries, fertility rates are close to 2, which is the replacement level for developed countries. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The one-child policy, with other factors, radically brought down the fertility rate, he said. As China and Europe Age, Path to More Children Lies Beyond Bedroom 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z More educated women and a higher cost of living often mean fertility rates are lower in urban areas. Why Ethiopian women are having fewer children than their mothers - BBC News 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z A small rise in the fertility rate might help spur consumption in China in the short term. Experts Weigh Likely Impacts of China’s ‘One Child’ Reversal 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z He argues that the majority of the decrease in China's fertility rate happened in the 1970s. Five numbers that sum up China's one-child policy - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z "But it is the government's job to make society a better place and to help people in their aspirations to … achieve what they want to achieve. In that way, fertility rates would probably go up." Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Given the unreliability of official Chinese figures, he said, no one really knows the fertility rate now. As China and Europe Age, Path to More Children Lies Beyond Bedroom 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The move may not spur a huge baby boom in part because fertility rates are believed to be declining even without the policy’s enforcement. China decides to abolish 1-child policy, allow 2 children 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The country's fertility rate is one of the lowest in the world and well below the rate of 2.1 children per woman required to replace the population across generations. Explainer: What was China's one-child policy? - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Very few tactics work to increase a nation’s fertility rate, despite efforts in countries like Japan to pay families to have children. In Cuba, an Abundance of Love but a Lack of Babies 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Basten, in a telephone interview, noted that fertility rates in northern and Western Europe are relatively high, thanks to generous public assistance benefits. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The sweet spot began in the advanced economies around 1970, as those born in the post-war baby boom entered the workforce amid an era of falling fertility rates and rising longevity. Was Piketty wrong about inequality? - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Rich countries with lower fertility rates and older populations benefit from young migrants of working age, who help rev up their slowing labor supply. A Migration Juggernaut Is Headed for Europe 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The study also detailed the role of socio-demographic factors such as per capita income, population age, fertility rates and years of schooling. Your Life Will Be Longer, But Not Necessarily Healthier 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The findings are likely to be eye-opening for some policymakers who are concerned about low fertility rates in their countries and suggest that governments should consider giving additional support to new parents. It turns out parenthood is worse than divorce, unemployment — even the death of a partner 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In Tokyo, the Japanese government has taken measures to encourage higher fertility rates. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Climate change multiplies stress China faces it more than India, because of China’s one-child policy, which brought fertility rates down significantly even as life expectancy continues to improve. Can the Planet Support 11 Billion People? 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z In fact, fertility rates are going down in most places, except for Europe, which experienced a small bump in the last 5 years. World Population Expected to Reach 9.7 Billion by 2050 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Interestingly, even though the planet’s population is projected to grow, fertility rates are down across the world. The World's Population Is Set To Surpass 11 Billion People [Infographic] 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The “cohort fertility rate”—the actual number of children born to each woman in her lifetime—would change little. Lies, damned lies, and Lysistrata 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z However, fertility rates in India vary greatly by states. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z There are other causes for the changes, including economic conditions in the United States and Central America and a much lower fertility rate in Mexico. Facing the Facts on Illegal Immigration 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Parsis prohibit conversion to Zoroastrianism, and due to their economic success, many are waiting longer to marry and have children, reducing their fertility rates. Snoop Dogg music video causes controversy among India's Parsis, organization files suit 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z If immigration to the UK ended tomorrow Britain's population would continue to grow because people are living longer and recent arrivals from countries such as Poland, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan are boosting fertility rates. Will more free childcare fuel baby boom? - BBC News 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The United States is aging, but with fertility rates above replacement levels, thanks largely to Latinos and Asian-Americans, many of whom live in California. California, Where Brown and Gray America Collide 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The Indian government has been unable to bring down its fertility rate. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z And, for the first time in seven years, the general fertility rate in the U.S. increased. The Teen Birth Rate Is Now At an All-Time Low 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z —The total fertility rate rose slightly, by less than 1 percent. Is baby recession over? US births up after years of decline 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Jill Rutter, a demographics expert, who works for the Family and Childcare Trust, is wary of linking rising these fertility rates to "family friendly" government policies. Will more free childcare fuel baby boom? - BBC News 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z America’s overall fertility rate ticked up for the first time in seven years, while its teen birthrate fell to its latest historic low in 2014, the federal government said Wednesday. U.S. fertility rate on rise, as teen birthrate declines 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z India counted 1.29 billion residents last year but its population grows at about 3 times the rate in China, due to higher fertility rates. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But after 50 years of decline, the fertility rate in Egypt, the region’s most populous nation, is now back up to 3.5. The too fertile crescent 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But Europe’s baby boom was weaker than the American version and its fertility rate fell further and faster after it. The force assaulting the euro 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z "There are a whole range of factors that affect fertility rates, not just parental leave and free child care - the cost of living, housing prices, gender equality and women's expectations among other things," she says. Will more free childcare fuel baby boom? - BBC News 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z A recent report by the Public Affairs Centre argues that the south does better than the north of the country in literacy, infant mortality, life expectancy, the fertility rate and other factors. Sujit Nair On South India-U.K. Relationship 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The central government has failed to meet its objectives of reducing the total fertility rate to the replacement level of 2.1 percent by the end of 2012. Asia Faces Fertility Crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for 30 years from 1981, campaigned to reduce the fertility rate to 2.1, the level at which a population remains roughly stable. The too fertile crescent 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z There’s precedent: “Previous historical low points for twenty-something fertility rates occurred in the early 1930s and late 1970s,” the Urban Institute paper noted, “and coincided with other times of economic stress.” Millennial women are the slowest to have babies of any generation in U.S. history 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The fertility rate in Britain is still short of the magic figure of 2.1 - the rate at which the population replaces itself. Will more free childcare fuel baby boom? - BBC News 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Since future population growth is largely driven by movements in the total fertility rate, this means that liberal reform coincided with an enormous degradation in the region’s long-term demographic trajectory. Would Liberal Reform 'Cure Russia's Ailments?' 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Countries with normal sex ratios can experience a marriage squeeze if their fertility rates are falling fast. Bare branches, redundant males 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Sadly for Egypt, making the economic indicators tick up fast enough is as hard as making the fertility rate go back down. The too fertile crescent 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Urban living would accelerate demographic transitions, lowering infant mortality rates and allowing fertility rates to decline, taking further pressure off the planet. An Environmentalist Call to Look Past Sustainable Development 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Maintaining a stable U.S. population would require a fertility rate of 2.1. More Women Aren't Having Children, Survey Finds 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Among all major religions, Buddhism is the only one that is not expected to expand by 2050, due largely to low fertility rates in countries like China and Japan. The World Is Getting More Religious 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z This is explained by a rapid decline in India’s fertility rate. Bare branches, redundant males 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Its projections draw on mortality and fertility rates, age assessments, and patterns of migration and religious switching. Report Sees Religions Growing and Shifting in Next Few Decades 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Higher Palestinian population growth and fertility rates indicate that Jews will be a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean in a few years. Can Israel remain a democracy? 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The mostly Catholic country’s population is growing 1.7%, a contrast to fertility rate drops elsewhere in East Asia, adding to competition for land and jobs. One Stubborn Problem The Rising-Star Philippine Economy Can't Yet Fix 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Much like some of the new-atheist science writers, he disregards how individual differences in religious practice significantly affect fertility rates and reproductive patterns. Our kind of people 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z From 2005 to 2012, an era of rapidly rising student debt, the fertility rate fell 10 percent for 25-29 year old women – while it rose very slightly for women in other age brackets. Mitch Daniels: A College President Who Does Not Tax and Spend 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The nation’s fertility rate, of 1.4 children per woman, is way below that of the United States and the developed world average, and will lead to a rapid aging of society. ‘One is enough’: Chinese families lukewarm over new rules that allow more kids 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z In 2013, the national birth rate for women under 30 and the general fertility rate were at all-time lows, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kansas birth rate in 2013 lowest since recording began 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “It is certainly rational” to fear that allowing gay marriage could undermine heterosexual marriages, Mitchell said, blaming lower fertility rates in Europe on a general acceptance of gay marriage there. Civil rights loom as appeals court considers gay marriage 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Some are now pointing to long-term drivers—like falling fertility rates in Mexico and Latin America. The New Reality Of U.S. Immigration 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z With a high fertility rate—the average Kenyan woman has 4.5 children, compared with 2.3 worldwide—Kenya’s population of 44 million is projected to more than double to 97 million by 2050. Fixing the Crowded Earth The fertility rate in the U.S. fell for the sixth straight year in 2013, shrinking by almost 1 percent in part because of the slow economy. Latest News: Torture Prosecutions, Hong Kong Protests, California Storm 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z He was responding to a U.N. report released Tuesday that highlights the economic benefits of shifting from high fertility to low fertility rates. UN agency encourages family planning in Nigeria 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Many activists question why the surgeries are being performed at all, given India’s declining fertility rate. Bad drugs, unsafe surgeries: Deaths highlight India's healthcare woes 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z For instance, there is no guarantee that the nation’s relatively high fertility rate will continue. A Strategy for Rich Countries: Absorb More Immigrants 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z That fertility rate is well below India’s and far lower than Pakistan’s. Fixing the Crowded Earth The team then created 10 scenarios, including a “business-as-usual” scenario in which death and fertility rates stayed the same as they were in 2013. No way to stop human population growth? 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z As recession babies, Homelanders are thus far also the product of declining birth and fertility rates. Introducing the Homeland Generation (Part 1 of 2) 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Egypt’s fertility rate had been steadily decreasing since at least 1980, when this survey began. APNewsBreak: Egypt’s birth rate dramatically rises 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Population experts explain that cities like Nizhny are dying so fast because of a low fertility rate. Death and Recession in the City That Shrinks by 15,000 People a Year The fertility rate is so low that the local population cannot sustain itself. The Face of Protest 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z These include a demographic dividend, which happens when a country experiences a rapid reduction in fertility rates. On the Path Past 9 Billion, Little Crosstalk Between U.N. Sessions on Population and Global Warming 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z In half the world today, the fertility rate is at the long-term replacement level of just over two, or lower. It’s not overpopulation that causes climate change, it’s overconsumption 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Raftery said African nations could benefit by intensifying policies to lower fertility rates, with studies showing that greater access to contraceptives and more education for girls and women can be effective. It's not a small world after all: world population will soar 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The authors started from UN data released this year that break down several decades' worth of fertility rates country by country — rather than giving a global average. World population unlikely to stop growing this century 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The estimates are all based on life expectancy and fertility rates. World population could near 11 billion by 2100 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Even if the fertility rate declines sharply, the population is expected to rise to 26 million by 2030, and this is placing a strain on public services and on the security of food supplies. Why do 17,000 under-fives die daily? 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Japan’s fertility rate of 1.42 births per woman is actually rather common throughout the developed world, and even the developing world. Japan's Graying Population Needs New Solutions, Not Old Failures 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Using projected fertility rates and current immigration trends, the population of the United States continues to grow throughout the 21st century, topping 460 million inhabitants at the turn of the 22nd century. The Unsung Economics Of Immigration 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The new figures assume a reduction in fertility rates over time, as prosperity increases. Can it survive such speedy growth? 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Population projections for humans depend upon factors such as resource development and redistribution, life expectancy, forms of government, and their affect on fertility rates. The Anthropocene Part 2: Can Humans Go Extinct? 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z This perpetual food crisis is compounded by doggedly high fertility rates. Population explosion 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z As fertility rates in most of the world dropped to around the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman — with the one major exception of sub-Saharan Africa — population specialists and politicians turned to other issues. Population Curbs as a Means to Cut Carbon Emissions 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Our fertility rate of 2.06 births per woman is right in line with population replacement levels, but better than Germany, Japan, France, Brazil and even China. The Unsung Economics Of Immigration 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Worried about a steep decline in fertility rates that experts are predicting could reduce population growth to zero within 20 years, Tehran has started a broad initiative to persuade Iranian families to have more children. Urged to Multiply, Iranian Couples Are Dubious 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Like in Japan, German fertility rates fell in the 1970s. Japan's Incredible Shrinking Empire 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Above all, the economy is entering a demographic sweet spot of falling fertility rates and a large working-age population. The impossible dream 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Across human history, fertility rates have fallen when it has made economic sense for families to have fewer children. Population Curbs as a Means to Cut Carbon Emissions 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Net immigration helps to offset this drag, and furthermore provides a boost to population and labor force growth if fertility rates continue to decline. The Unsung Economics Of Immigration 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But is a fertility rate at replacement level the right target? Quality time 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z But with fertility rates dropping, the country opened the floodgates to immigrants to ensure continued growth—turning immigration into a lightning rod. Modern-Day Singapore Pays a Price for Globalization 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z It is one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. Farmed out 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z |
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