Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nakayokawa Elementary School, closed three years ago, is seen in the remote village of Yokawa on February 29, 2024 in Miki, Japan.

The total fertility rate in the United States – the estimated number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime, based on present trends – has generally declined over the past two ...

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 ...

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

The World Fertility Awards (WFAs), produced by pregnantish, the first global, consumer-facing media event dedicated to celebrating the changemakers shaping the future of fertility, took place on ...