China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for ...

China's birth rate has dropped to its lowest level since official records began in 1949.

Despite government efforts to boost fertility, China's birth rate fell to a record low in 2025.

Despite efforts to encourage young couples to have children, China's birth rate hit a record low.

China's birth rate has fallen to a record low, prompting concerns about the country's demographic future and the potential ...

BIRTH rates fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed, as its population shrank for a fourth year ...

China has recorded its lowest number of births in more than 75 years, despite numerous efforts by the government to boost ...

China has been grappling with a severe population crisis as its birth rate has fallen to a record low, lowest since 1949. As ...

Falling global birth rates aren’t cultural, they are economic. Why fertility is collapsing and what governments can still do.

Official figures released Monday revealed the country’s birth rate dropped to just 5.63 per 1,000 people in 2025, while the death rate climbed to 8.04 per 1,000 -- the highest since 1968. The result: ...

The United States, once an outlier among industrialized countries with respect to its high birth rate, has caught up with the low fertility trend. As birth rates decline even among its large immigrant ...