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America’s fertility crisis has arrived. The total fertility rate fell from 2.08 births per woman in 1990 to 1.62 in 2023, placing the U.S. 145th globally and well below the replacement level of 2.1.
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China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is reaching for a new tool: taxes on condoms,
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Will China's 13% tax on condoms and contraceptives help improve birth rates? Here's what experts say
In 2015, the Chinese government abandoned the one-child policy, permitting couples to have two children. In May 2021, the two-child policy was abandoned in favour of a three-child policy. However, this did not result in a baby boom and fertility rates continued to decline,
NEW YORK (AP) — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries with a rate that ensured each generation ...
Yes, of course, governments should remove impediments and disincentives for childbearing. Tax laws should be family friendly. And, above all, the current population trend should be seen for the future disasters it portends. But there is one more important factor that should not be overlooked.
There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” shortly after reentering the White House and declared, “We want more babies.” He reportedly considered policy proposals to ...
According to the latest statistics, Australia is set to hit its lowest rate of population growth in decades, with birth rates dropping to what some experts are calling ‘the point of no return’.
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