“These future trends in fertility rates and live births will completely ... It is not a matter much discussed in Irish discourse, however, at present. To flip the issue around, I ask Dr ...

Ireland, where abortion was legalised in 2019, saw its steepest decline in fertility rates in 2022, falling from 1.78 live births per woman to 1.54 in a year, a drop of some 13.5 per cent.

Major economies are heading toward a "population collapse" by 2100 because of falling fertility rates, new research has found. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) on Wednesday ...

Birth rates are falling in the world's highly developed countries. In the 20th century, fertility decline has been associated with advancements in economic and human development, leading to the ...