Commentary Despite a number of structural disadvantages, India will likely rival China in terms of global power. This year, India hosted the G-20 conference, which Indian leaders see as recognition that the nation has come of age and is ready to overtake China. India has already surpassed China in population and is hoping to eclipse…
The Rise of India
June 24, 2023
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A Vote for Joe Biden Best Predictor of States With Lowest Birth Rates, According to Analysis
Women in blue states have far fewer babies than those in red states as the U.S. birthrate plunges downward, according to a conservative think tank analysis. While political affiliation may seem like an odd determiner of birth rates, states that gave Biden the largest share of votes in 2020 have the lowest birth rates, according…
‘Exciting Milestone’: Canada’s Population Hits 40 Million
Canada’s population is about to hit a major milestone of 40 million people on June 16, according to Statistics Canada’s Population Clock. “This is an exciting milestone for Canada. It is a strong signal that Canada remains a dynamic and welcoming country, full of potential. As we head into Canada Day, this is certainly cause…
Birth Rates Last Year Still Below Replacement Level, CDC Says
American women are still having too few babies to replace themselves and their partners, the latest national birth data suggests. In what the U.S Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described as a “nonsignificant decline,” the nation recorded 3,661,220 new babies in 2022, just a few thousand less than the year before. Overall, the…
Japan Posts Fewest Births in Record History, Amid an Increasingly Aged Society
March 15, 2023
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New Analysis Japan saw the fewest number of births in its recorded history last year, health ministry data showed. The number of newborns in the country fell to 799,728 in 2022, down 5.1 percent from a year earlier, according to data released by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Feb. 28, marking a…
Declining Birth Rate Threatens Japanese Society’s Ability to Function, Kishida Warns
Japan will cease to function as a society if its birth rate continues to decline, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday, urging his government to create a “children-first economic society”. “Japan is at a critical point of whether we can continue to function as a society. Focusing on policies regarding children and child-rearing is…
Australia’s Population Growth to Shrink in Next Decade Due to COVID-19
Australia’s population growth projection for the next decade has fallen by over one million people compared to previous forecasts due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the latest annual population report due to be released on Jan. 6, the Australian government predicts that the total population will rise from the current 26 million…
Japan to Roll Out Measures as Birth Rate Hits ‘Critical’ Low
The total number of babies born in Japan could drop below 800,000 this year, a government official said, indicating a “critical situation” that will necessitate comprehensive measures from the government. Japan recorded 599,000 births in the first three quarters of 2022, including births to foreign nationals, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Health,…
Why China’s Marriage Crisis Is an Existential Threat to the Country
Commentary President Xi Jinping recently vowed to launch comprehensive initiatives to address China’s rapidly declining birth rate. Behind the bombastic rhetoric, however, there lies a truly sobering fact: new policies probably won’t be enough to arrest China’s demographic decline. Here’s why. In China, a hyper-traditional society, having a child out of wedlock is still frowned…
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Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Fewer babies will be born in all of Europe than in Nigeria alone. In Europe, “at the rate at which things are going, the population will have halved before 2070, with the continent at risk of losing 400 million inhabitants by 2100,” noted James Pomeroy, an economist at China’s HSBC bank….
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