The 10 countries with the highest birth rates — and the 10 with the lowest

The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.

Birth rates are declining in most of the world, including Australia. Here’s why that really matters

Rather than an exploding overpopulation bomb, the world faces an economic and social implosion due to lacking supports to ...
MercoPressOpinion

The irreversible smart phones and world’s dropping birth rates

By Gwynne Dyer - Smart phones seem to be directly linked to a worldwide crash in the birth rate. It is “quite plausible that ...

Smartphones & Social Media Emerge As Primary Drivers Of Global Birth Rate Collapse: Here's Why

A new analysis suggests smartphones and social media are driving a global fall in birth rates by reducing in-person interaction. Researchers found teen fertility in the US has dropped 71 percent since ...

iPhone or birth control device? Is Apple's smartphones reducing fertility rates? Report

According to new studies, iPhone may be the culprit of the declining birth rates. Research hints that the Apple's smartphone ...
Newsweek

US Birth Rates Declining Among Gen Z Mothers

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Birth rates among mothers in their 20s have declined, a new report from ...