Last year marked the seventh consecutive year of declining births, despite the relaxation of China's one-child policy to allow two children in 2016 and three in 2021. The fertility rate fell to ...

Elon Musk has taken to X, to share his agreement in a post that population decline now stands as the world's biggest problem.

China’s marriage and fertility rates remain on a downward trajectory, fueling a demographic crisis that threatens the nation’s economic and social stability. In this six-part series, we ...

Elon Musk has labelled population decline the "greatest threat to humanity" as China and India are expected to lose a ...

“The work pressure is such that you don’t even have any time to spend with your child ... urban jobs and industrial pollution. Fertility rates in China’s rural areas are slightly higher ...

[Photo/Xinhua] As part of the broader attempts to reverse the trend of declining birth rates in China, many regions have been stepping up measures to protect and enhance female fertility ...

Last year, India nudged past China ... fertility rates fell rapidly despite modest socio-economic progress, thanks to aggressive family welfare programmes that promoted small families through ...

Local Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to encourage women to consider having more children, including through ...