Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low in 2022, dropping below 800,000 for the first time in history, raising concerns about the demographic challenges facing the world’s oldest and most rapidly aging society.

India is expected to continue growing in terms of both population and economy. China, meanwhile, is unlikely to return to its heady pre-pandemic GDP growth rates.

A new Polish campaign is provoking sharp reactions in a country ruled by conservative populists and where issues related to family and reproductive rights have caused great tension.

Russian President has revived a Soviet-era award of Mother Heroine for those women who have 10 or more children in an apparent attempt to alleviate a demographic crisis that has been aggravated during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.