A “flawed feature” of the Social Security benefit formula could result in an estimated four million people who turned 60 in 2020 getting lower Social Security benefits if Congress does not act before ...

China announced for the first time in nearly six decades that deaths outnumbered births last year. A shrinking Chinese population will have dramatic economic and social effects over the long term. The ...

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Millennials are having fewer children than their parents did. While that might work for their personal budgets, experts warn it could drag the economy down for decades. James Pomeroy, a global ...

Mainland China's birth rate dropped to a record low in 2021, data showed on Monday, extending a downward trend that led Beijing last year to begin allowing couples to have up to three children. China ...

There were 1,960 births in the country during April this year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics yesterday. Among the new born babies, 485 were ...

There was a 7.6 per cent rise in the number of births registered in the Republic during the first three months of 2011, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Overall, ...

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The sense of urgency in Beijing is palpable. The world's most populous country faces an uncertain economic future. And now, demographic trends show the country's population is officially shrinking.