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South Korea recorded a 15.6 per cent year-on-year rise in births in June, the highest growth since records began in 1981. Births have increased for 24 consecutive months, driven by recovering marriages and improved attitudes toward having children, though fertility remains low
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Andhra Pradesh is set to finalise a population management policy within months to address declining fertility rates below replacement level. The framework focuses on incentives, women’s workforce participation, healthcare, and ageing support while aiming to preserve long-term demographic balance and economic growth
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South Korea saw 21,958 babies born in October, marking the 16th consecutive monthly increase but the slowest growth this year. Despite rising births and marriages, population declined as deaths outnumbered births, continuing the overall downward trend since 2019
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As fertility falls and ageing accelerates, India must shift from population control to a welfare-centred policy rooted in care, equity, and dignity
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Declining fertility rates and longer life expectancies present a complex situation for India, necessitating provisions for social security and healthcare for the increasing elderly population
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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat has urged Indian couples to have three children, citing the need to maintain a sustainable fertility rate to ensure demographic stability and national strength. Speaking at the “100 Varsh ki Sangh Yatra” event, Bhagwat warned of potential community decline due to falling birth rates, especially among Hindus.
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Speaking at the Amaravati Summit on World Population Day, Naidu emphasised that population should be treated as the State's greatest economic strength, not a burden
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The report found that India's total fertility rate has declined to 1.9 births per woman, falling below the replacement level of 2.1
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Total Fertility Rates in the State have witnessed a downward spiral and the drop has been consistent throughout the country between 1986 and 2021, SRS data indicates
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Among 217 countries and regions, including the OECD member nations, Korea marked the second-lowest birth rate after Hong Kong with 0.77, the BOK report said.
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According to the monthly report from Statistics Korea, June saw the birth of only 18,615 babies, marking a 1.6% decrease from the previous year.
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The latest statistics come a day after Japan PM Fumio Kishida released a draft plan to boost "unparalleled" child-rearing support in a bid to reverse the country's falling birthrate
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Irrespective of what the stalwarts from Sangh Parivar, the purported custodians of Hindu interests, propagate, Muslim population in India will not exceed that of Hindu’s
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New Delhi: The report of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) revealed that the total fertility rate of India has declined from 2.2 to 2.0 indicating the significant progress of population control measures. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) which is measured as the average number of children per woman, has come […]
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Vardhan said that the youth population in the age group of 15-24 years was projected to decline from 233 million in 2011 to 227 million in 2036.
