Tag: "birth rates"
Australia warns of risks from ageing population, falling birth rates
World 15:02 21/09/2026SYDNEY - Australia forecast on Monday that deaths would exceed births for the first time in the 2060s, a demographic shift with far-reaching implications for an economy grappling with an ageing population, declining births and cuts to immigration.
Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea
World 15:38 02/11/2025Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready for use in training the funeral directors of the future in a rapidly ageing country.
Vietnam empowers couples with reproductive freedom
Vietnam News 10:05 04/06/2025In a landmark move, the Standing Committee of Vietnam’s National Assembly has passed an amendment to Article 10 of the Population Ordinance, granting couples and individuals the legal right to determine the number of children they have, as well as the timing and spacing of births.
