The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned of a global birth rate crisis after surveying people in 14 countries. Some 14,000 people were questioned as part of the study, and one in five had ...

This year will bring "another significant decline of the birth rate" for an "overwhelming number of countries," new analysis shows. Birth Gauge, an open-source database that aggregates global ...

First, the bad news: Global fertility is falling fast. The aging populations of rich countries are relying on ever fewer workers to support their economy, dooming those younger generations to a future ...