Nestlé is set to close an infant formula factory in Ireland due to falling Chinese demand. The food giant cited China's rapidly decreasing birth rate as a key part of the reason. China's fertility ...

Total abortion bans effective by early 2023 were associated with a 1.57% monthly birth-rate increase, approximately 1,210 ...

This year will bring "another significant decline of the birth rate" for an "overwhelming number of countries," new analysis shows. Birth Gauge, an open-source database that aggregates global ...

The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with fewer than 1.6 children being born per woman, federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was once among only a few developed ...