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A Japanese father holds his daughter's hand walking down the street
Asia
Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezNovember 4, 2025
Cropped shot of a pregnant businesswoman working at her desk
Success
Billionaire boss of South Korean construction giant is encouraging his workers to have children with a $75,000 bonus
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 16, 2025
Donald Trump
North America
Trump says he wants a ‘baby boom,’ but the CBO sees deaths surpassing births in 2031 and a 320,000 hole in the population from deportations
By Stephen Groves and The Associated PressSeptember 10, 2025
Baby
Health
American fertility rate hits all-time low
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressJuly 24, 2025
Mother holding a baby in a diaper
Success
This is the number of babies each woman needs to have to avoid human extinction—and the U.S. is nowhere close
By Beth GreenfieldMay 2, 2025
Workers on their daily commute in Tokyo.
Newsletters
Tokyo’s making a huge bet on the 4-day workweek and it’s about more than just flexible scheduling
By Azure Gilman and Emma BurleighDecember 10, 2024
Children attend a school ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lifestyle
Russia is speeding into a demographic crisis with a 25-year-low birth rate as the Ukraine war rages on
By Prarthana PrakashDecember 6, 2024
A new mother sitting on a rocking chair in her living room wearing a housecoat holding her newborn baby. There is a breast pump and nursing supplies around.
Health
Florida moms abruptly lost postpartum health coverage due to a Deloitte-run Medicaid computer system ‘glitch’
By Daniel Chang, Samantha Liss and KFF Health NewsNovember 26, 2024
Elon Musk is secretly buying properties reportedly so his children and their mothers can all live together 
Finance
Elon Musk is secretly buying properties reportedly so his children and their mothers can all live together 
By Alena BotrosOctober 29, 2024
World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’
Politics
World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 22, 2024
A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he walks past the Euro currency sign in front of the former European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on July 27, 2023 ahead of thr ECB's monthly announcement on eurozone monetary policy.
Finance
Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good
By Ryan HoggOctober 14, 2024
A girl plays in a fountain at Syntagma square
Politics
Greece spends €1 billion a year on pro-child policies as dwindling birth rates create new headaches for the country
By Prarthana PrakashSeptember 16, 2024
China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate
Finance
China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate
By Foster Wong, Josh Xiao and BloombergSeptember 11, 2024
Sales of dog strollers outpace baby strollers in the country with the world’s lowest birth rate
Personal Finance
Sales of dog strollers outpace baby strollers in the country with the world’s lowest birth rate
By Chloe BergerSeptember 9, 2024
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, takes a selfie photograph with a boy, after voting at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Prime Minister Viktor Orbans party was tied with the opposition in a poll published a day before Hungarys election, raising the possibility that the race will be even tighter than previously predicted.
Politics
Hungary offered €30,000 to couples having 3 kids—but its birth rate has still fallen to a record monthly low
By Ryan HoggAugust 19, 2024
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