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9 months after lockdowns, US births see biggest decline since 1973
The latest data are early evidence of the drastic impact from the health crisis on birth rates, with the full effect expected to show in 2021 data.
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China's 3-child policy won't drastically raise birthrate: Top economist
China's recently-announced three-child policy will not help the country to drastically raise the birthrate, said a top Chinese economist, adding that country will struggle to raise retirement age
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Japan's birth rate fell to record low in 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic
The number of births fell to 8,40,832 in 2020, down 2.8 per cent from a year earlier and the lowest since records began in 1899.
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Drop in China's Xinjiang birthrate largest in recent history: Report
Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent history, according to a new analysis by an Australian think tank
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China's population growth slows; nation becomes older and urbanised
There were 1.412 billion people in China last year, says the National Bureau of Statistics in its once-a-decade census report.
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Immigrants are a gift: Germany learns from solution for birth rate crisis
It's useful to bear the German experience in mind as the US again tackles its 'immigration crisis'.
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US birth rate falls 4% in 2020 to lowest point in more than a century
The US birth rate fell 4% last year, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government report being released Wednesday
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China birth rate lowest in 2019 since 1949 as workforce continues to shrink
To avoid a demographic crisis, the government relaxed its one-child policy in 2016 to allow people to have two children, but the change has not resulted in more pregnancies
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Despite 2-child policy, China sees fewest births in almost 60 years in 2018
The number of babies born last year fell by some 2 million from 2017, to 15.23 million, it was the least since 1961 and the third-lowest since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949
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Hindus will witness a dramatic decline in births between 2055-2060: Report
Islam the world's largest religion by 2075
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