Japan saw nearly 1 million more deaths than births in 2024, marking the country’s steepest single-year population decline since the government surveys began nearly six decades ago. In 2009, Japan’s ...

About half of states nationwide have more deaths than births. Including Oregon. That’s been true since 2020 and it reflects Oregon’s unusually aged population and especially low birth rate.

Deaths have outnumbered births in Scotland for a decade but record levels of immigration mean the population is still rising.

June 4 (UPI) --Japanese 2024 births dipped below 700,000 for the first time, according to government data released Wednesday. Births dropped 5.7% to 686,061 as Japan's population dropped by roughly ...

Mississippi health officials have declared a public health emergency after releasing data showing the state's infant mortality rate has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. In Mississippi ...