Declining birth rates around the world may pose new challenges for humanity. A new book on the topic by Elon Musk–funded ...

On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been ...

Not too long ago, the world was worried about runaway population growth. But with birth rates falling too fast, the scramble ...

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

Futurologists predict in tomorrow's world, nations won't fight wars over oil, they'll compete over nurses, engineers, and ...

Misnamed “family planning” programs and are a key cause for why America is facing a birth rate problem. They began under the Great Society.

US adults want the government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates, poll finds The survey reveals only 12% think encouraging more births should be a high priority, while 62% see it as a ...

Matthew Hennessey is correct that Congress alone can’t boost the birth rate (“You Can’t Legislate Fertility,” op-ed, June 24). This isn’t a libertarian aphorism. It’s the fairest ...

Elon Musk has issued his latest warning about the declining fertility rate, but also explained how humans can fix it.

Birth rates in middle-income countries are also plummeting, putting their economic development at risk. Practically the only countries set to continue growing are desperately poor.

South Korea is determined to boost its birth rate, having joined Japan as a "super-aged" society, with more than 20 percent of the population now over 65.