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.

The Right uses falling birth rates to pose as defenders of family and future against demographic suicide. The Left can’t keep declining to comment. Instead, we should reframe the conversation to ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend.