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Public health
fromFortune
1 week ago

China's population crash is so bad that it's started taxing condoms and birth control pills | Fortune

China imposed a 13% VAT on contraceptives to raise its 1.0 fertility rate, a largely symbolic move unlikely to reverse population decline.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

France records more deaths than births for first time since end of second world war

For the first time since the end of the second world war, France has recorded more deaths than births, suggesting that the country's long-held demographic advantage over other EU countries is slipping away. Across the country in 2025, there were 651,000 deaths and 645,000 births, according to newly released figures from the national statistics institute Insee. France had long been an exception across Europe, with birthrates that topped many of its neighbours'.
Europe politics
France news
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

In numbers: France's births, death and marriages in 2025

France's population is 69.1 million; births are falling, natural balance is negative for the first time since WWII, and the population is aging.
US politics
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

More Americans will die than be born in 2030, CBO predicts-leaving immigrants as the only source of population growth | Fortune

By 2030, births will fall below deaths in the U.S., making net immigration the sole source of population growth thereafter.
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Government must take action to counter falling birth rate, report states

Falling birth rates will drive population ageing, workforce decline, strained public finances, and inadequate infrastructure unless births and labour-force participation are supported.
#housing-affordability
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago
UK politics

Labour minister admits 'life is s**t' for young adults as housing, childcare and taxes squeeze living standards

Many young adults in Britain face prohibitive housing and child-rearing costs, making it nearly impossible to save for a home or start a family.
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 months ago
Real estate

Birth rate hits record low, housing costs weigh on family planning

High housing costs and lack of larger, affordable homes have significantly contributed to the U.S. fertility decline from replacement level to under 1.6 births per woman.
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Film
fromIndependent
1 month ago

David W Higgins: How Ireland's falling fertility rates could reshape future generations and put grandparenthood at risk

Delaying family formation has become culturally normal, driving fertility rates well below replacement and producing significant demographic and societal costs.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Families say cost of housing means they'll have fewer or no children

Rising housing, childcare, and medical costs cause families to have fewer children and choose sterilization or limit family size to afford housing and basic expenses.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Poland's birth rate is in freefall. The cause? A loneliness epidemic that state cash can't solve | Anna Gromada

Poland's population decline stems less from economic barriers and more from collapsing fertility driven by partnership formation breakdown amid gender conflicts.
Public health
fromSFGATE
4 months ago

How the Housing Market Is Impacting U.S. Birth Rates-5 Key Takeaways

Soaring housing costs contributed to the U.S. birth rate reaching an all-time low in 2024, influencing family planning and fertility timing.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Let's stop asking why women aren't having children and ask, for once: why aren't men? | Rhiannon Lucy Coslett

Yet perhaps it's time we ask not only why aren't women having babies?, but also why aren't men? Men are largely invisible in the birthrate debate. It's ironic that amid all the pontificating and the policy ideas for encouraging more women to have babies a conversation often being had by men the other half of humanity is strikingly underexamined. Part of the problem is an absence of data: like many European countries, we don't really have any on male fertility.
UK news
Miscellaneous
fromScary Mommy
4 months ago

This Mom Says That Having Two Kids In The '90s Is Having Four Kids Today

U.S. average children per family and overall household size have fallen substantially since 1960, reaching about 1.94 children per family in 2023.
US politics
fromAxios
4 months ago

Trump immigration crackdown could spur U.S. population decline as soon as 2031

Deaths will begin outnumbering births in 2031, shifting population growth reliance to immigration amid tightened enforcement and slightly lower fertility.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Really transitional moment': what should we do about declining fertility rates?

Falling fertility rates are driving a shift to older populations, threatening schools and public finances and requiring policy changes to work, life course, and services.
World news
fromwww.nature.com
5 months ago

What Falling Global Birth Rates Really Mean for the Future

Global fertility rates have fallen sharply, producing widespread population decline with significant economic, political, and technological consequences.
Public health
fromHarvard Gazette
5 months ago

How to reverse nation's declining birth rate? - Harvard Gazette

Policies that lower living costs, expand affordable childcare, and support older parents are more effective at addressing declining birth rates than one-time financial incentives.
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