Why Japan’s Birth Rate Collapsed in 1966 — And May Collapse Again in 2026
The culprit was an ancient superstition about "cursed" baby girls.
Tag: demographics
The Number of Americans Who Don’t Want Kids At All Has Doubled Since 2002
The share of ‘childfree’ adults has doubled since 2002, new research shows.
Governments Are Throwing Money at Declining Birth Rates But It’s Not Working
Governments worldwide are offering cash incentives and creative policies to boost birth rates, but declining fertility trends reveal deeper societal ...
A startling number of Japanese are virgins, and this is a problem
A whopping 70% of people under 34 are single and over 40% in that age category are still virgins.
World population to reach 7 billion by the end of the year – explosive growth threatens developing countries
There's no secret to anyone, I believe, that the world is over-crowded right now. By the end of 2011, according ...
