In contemporary society, discussions increasingly focus on career advancement, secondary income opportunities, travel, and ...

On the whole, female graduates in the US (and elsewhere) are both far more likely to marry than non-graduates and have been more likely to have children in wedlock. Thus, for college graduates, in ...

In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average. By 2014, that figure had fallen to around two. As of 2023, it was just 1.6. That means that the population is no ...

Several Indian states now have lower fertility rates than developed countries like Japan, Finland and the UK. Here’s how India compares with the developed world.

OP-ED. Instead of questioning the collective factors behind declining birth rates, the dominant narrative shifts responsibility onto women, laments Brigitte Grésy, former president of France's High ...

There has been a significant decline in Jamaica's total fertility rate (TFR), dropping from 4.5 births per woman between 1973 and 1975 to just 1.9 in 2021.

Learn more about why the human population seems to be in decline and what that could mean for the future.