Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

With fertility rates below this threshold in all developed countries (like Japan’s 1.30 and America’s 1.66), ... Birth Rate Crisis: Why We May Need 3 Kids Per Family Just To Survive.

Fertility rates (the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime) have dropped below replacement rates of 2.1 ...

Even birth rates in Latin America and Caribbean, where families are typically large, are shrinking. U.S. is well below ...

The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse. Marc Novicoff. Mon, June 30, ... The fertility rates that doomed the Japanese economy ranged from 1.3 to 1.5.

The birth rate for just Japanese nationals is expected to fall below 700,000 for the first time when it is published later this year. Sign up for the Breaking News newsletter.

Japan saw record 1.6 million deaths last year as births marked a 5% fall. ... It was the glimmer of hope for the country which has the world’s lowest birth rate.

Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low. MARI YAMAGUCHI. Thu, February 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM UTC. 2 min read.