Childbirth

A Japanese father holds his daughter's hand walking down the street
Asia

Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

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November 4, 2025
Cropped shot of a pregnant businesswoman working at her desk
Success

Billionaire boss of South Korean construction giant is encouraging his workers to have children with a $75,000 bonus

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October 16, 2025
Donald Trump
North America

Trump says he wants a ‘baby boom,’ but the CBO sees deaths surpassing births in 2031 and a 320,000 hole in the population from deportations

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press
September 10, 2025
Baby
Health

American fertility rate hits all-time low

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
July 24, 2025
Mother holding a baby in a diaper
Success

This is the number of babies each woman needs to have to avoid human extinction—and the U.S. is nowhere close

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May 2, 2025
Workers on their daily commute in Tokyo.
Newsletters

Tokyo’s making a huge bet on the 4-day workweek and it’s about more than just flexible scheduling

By Azure Gilman and Emma Burleigh
December 10, 2024
Children attend a school ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lifestyle

Russia is speeding into a demographic crisis with a 25-year-low birth rate as the Ukraine war rages on

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December 6, 2024
A new mother sitting on a rocking chair in her living room wearing a housecoat holding her newborn baby. There is a breast pump and nursing supplies around.
Health

Florida moms abruptly lost postpartum health coverage due to a Deloitte-run Medicaid computer system ‘glitch’

By Daniel Chang, Samantha Liss and KFF Health News
November 26, 2024
Elon Musk is secretly buying properties reportedly so his children and their mothers can all live together 
Finance

Elon Musk is secretly buying properties reportedly so his children and their mothers can all live together 

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October 29, 2024
World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’
Politics

World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’

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October 22, 2024
A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he walks past the Euro currency sign in front of the former European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on July 27, 2023 ahead of thr ECB's monthly announcement on eurozone monetary policy.
Finance

Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good

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October 14, 2024
A girl plays in a fountain at Syntagma square
Politics

Greece spends €1 billion a year on pro-child policies as dwindling birth rates create new headaches for the country

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September 16, 2024
China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate
Finance

China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate

By Foster Wong, Josh Xiao and Bloomberg
September 11, 2024
Sales of dog strollers outpace baby strollers in the country with the world’s lowest birth rate
Personal Finance

Sales of dog strollers outpace baby strollers in the country with the world’s lowest birth rate

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September 9, 2024
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, takes a selfie photograph with a boy, after voting at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Prime Minister Viktor Orbans party was tied with the opposition in a poll published a day before Hungarys election, raising the possibility that the race will be even tighter than previously predicted.
Politics

Hungary offered €30,000 to couples having 3 kids—but its birth rate has still fallen to a record monthly low

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August 19, 2024

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