Birth Rate

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USA

Covid pandemic fuelled 2021 population drop in 73% of U.S. counties

A woman uses her mobile phone at the Sempione park next to a baby, after parks reopen as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to a spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Milan, Italy, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/Files
Europe

Births in Italy hit 160-year low and continue to slide

A mother walks with her twin daughters on a street in Shanghai, China June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

China to allow tax deductions for care of small children to help boost births

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World+Biz

Birthrates are declining globally, including in Bangladesh

File photo: Tens of thousands in a crowd at the Forbidden City in China. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Explainer

Why China is struggling to boost its birthrate?