Fertility rate

5,000 S’porean children receive $10k grant and other benefits under scheme to spur large families

The moves are aimed at easing the costs of raising three children or more.

PM Wong on population, AI-enabled disinformation and whether a Cabinet reshuffle is coming

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaking to the Singapore Press Club members at the Eminent Speaker Series event at SPH on June 8.

Bhutan to give cash incentives to families for more babies

Bhutan’s total annual births fell from 11,001 in 2015 to 8,153 in 2024, a decline about 26 per cent.

Japan’s fertility falls for a 10th year despite government push

Tokyo remained the lowest among Japan’s prefectures, with a fertility rate of 0.96. The final version of the data is due in September.

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Study finds paternity leave has no impact on Singapore couples’ decisions to have more children

The findings differ from those of other countries like the Nordic, where taking paternity leave has been linked to having more children.

NUS Medicine, non-profit population group to work on report on fertility, parenthood

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Singapore youth aware of falling fertility rate, study finds, but 40% in no rush to marry

The findings found that of those aged 26 to 35, 23.53 per cent were eager to marry and start a family, while 22.06 per cent have ruled out family entirely.

Poor planning fuels Bangladesh contraceptive crisis

A worker arranging packets of condoms at a pharmacy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 27. Government clinics across the country of 170 million people running out of basic contraceptives.

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