For eleven consecutive months, South Korea, which held the sad record of being the country with the lowest fertility rate in ...

South Korea is seeing an unexpected baby boom, with birth rates rising at a record pace during the first five months of the ...

Studies show that countries around the world will see their populations shrink by 2050. To combat demographic decline, a growing list of countries are implementing policies to try to encourage women ...

SEOUL, July 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's total population slightly rose for the second straight year thanks to a rapid increase in foreign residents, statistical office data showed Tuesday.

With the exception of a handful of countries in Africa, most countries in the world are not having enough children to replace the adults raising them.

Health Minister Dao Hong Lan issued a grave warning on World Population Day, saying that Vietnam's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) ...

The first nationwide subsidy program has been introduced by China to encourage population growth. The subsidy offers parents ...

The government will give families Rmb3,600 ($503) a year for each child under the age of three, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday. The subsidy will be applied from January 2025 but families with ...

Among the childbirth support measures introduced by both central and local governments are special housing benefits and preferential loans for families with children, as well as childbirth subsidies.

In a country where Bollywood once ruled, Indian creators are now building a parallel K-culture universe, one that speaks ...

According to the United Nations Population Division, Latin America will make the demographic shift from a young to an aging society in less than 40 years.

China’s government is offering up to $1,500 per child under age 3 in a nationwide bid to reverse declining birth rates amid rising childcare costs and an aging population.