A better question is: Can we do more to make parenthood easier for people who want to have children?

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

OPINION: International Women's Day is on March 8.

According to the Pew Research Center’s global demographic study “How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020,” the actual Hindu rate of growth today turns out to be strikingly literal ...

The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) on Thursday marked its 57th anniversary with a renewed call to revise the country’s national population policy, citing major demographic shifts that ...

Authorities are launching a new push to address Thailand's collapsing birth rate, now the lowest in 75 years, with a focus on ...

A recent decline in U.S. birthrates has sparked debate and discussion between students and professors at the University.

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 ...

NEW DELHI (IANS) – India’s population is projected to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, making it the world’s most populous nation, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s State of World ...

The consistency of the global pattern shows how hard these trend lines are to budge. Several nations have preceded the U.S. in confronting birthrate declines, and both traditionalist societies, where ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...