Birth rate

Italy’s births set to sink to a record low in 2026

In the first seven months of 2026 the negative trend continued, with just under 197,000 newborns, down 1.1% from the same period of 2025.

If we want more babies, take better care of the mother

Mother Checks The Temperature Of A Sick Baby, newborn baby had a fever. Healthcare medical motherâs day concept.

Tokyo govt boosts support for marriage seekers in bid to raise birth rate

According to a survey conducted by the metropolitan government this spring, just under 60% of unmarried people aged 18 to 49 expressed a desire to marry.

Births rebound in South Korea, but parents still wait for daycare spots

The parents’ accounts suggest that a nationwide decline in daycare centres does not necessarily make places easier to find locally.

Most young adults in S’pore surveyed want to have children, but many lack fertility knowledge: Study

About 84 per cent of young adults surveyed said they ideally wanted at least one child.

Singapore’s baby push has a blind spot: Grandparents who need care

It is not easy to take care of parents and raise one’s own children at the same time, say the writers.

Australia warns of risks from ageing population, falling birth rates

Australia’s population growth is expected to slow to 0.9 per cent a year over the next four decades.

Over 30% of single Japanese do not want to have kids, survey shows

Pedestrians walk in front of advertisements in the Dotonbori area of Osaka, Japan, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. The wider Osaka metropolitan area, with a population of 11 million, is Japan's largest after Tokyo with 35 million , according to data compiled by the United Nations. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

On a Kyiv maternity ward, babies are born during air raids

Yuliia Ishchuk, 26, gives birth to her son Yaroslav as Russian drone strikes continue, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Japanese woman goes viral for giving birth to seventh child amid country’s low birth rate

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