Demographics - Page 2

The Chinese city of Xian on Tuesday observed the holiday of Qixi – essentially China’s Valentine’s Day – by peppering residents with text messages urging them to have more children to reverse the population crash initiated by the Communist Party’s brutal One Child Policy.

China’s state-run National Business Daily reported Tuesday the nationwide fertility rate dropped to 1.09, a shockingly low number.

The French birth rate has declined to such an extent that the birth-to-death ratio is now nearly equal, the lowest level since World War II.

China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday reported a major milestone in China’s growing affluence: more than half of the population is now overweight, according to research unveiled at the second annual China Obesity Conference.

The United Nations marked World Population Day on Tuesday, publishing a forecast that the Earth’s population will hit 9.7 billion by the year 2050 and surpass 10 billion before the end of the century.

Germany saw net migration hit a record high in the country last year, yet the government is set to ease immigration standards even further.

An MEP from Germany launched an interactive website using government-sourced statistics to detail the demographic changes in his home country.

The communist Castro regime admitted this weekend that Cuba’s population is in steep decline, fueled by accelerated growth in the elderly population, low birth rates, and the biggest migrant crisis in the nation’s history.

The China Family Planning Association announced last week that it will launch 20 pilot programs in cities across China to “build a new-era marriage and childbearing culture,” as the state-run Global Times put it on Sunday. In other words, the regime in Beijing is once again looking for a way to hold off demographic collapse.

White British children could soon be a minority within the country’s elementary schools, one expert has said.

India is on track to become the world’s most populous nation as its young population soars, and will surpass China by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on Wednesday.

The World Health Organization estimated that a staggering one in six people around the globe experiences infertility during their lives.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s government is expanding immigration, announcing refugees will be brought over to fill gaps in the labour market.

Politicians of South Asian Heritage seem to be having a moment in the British Isles, holding some of the most powerful political offices.

A study commissioned by the Club of Rome and published on Monday found that the world population is approaching its peak and will begin declining swiftly after the middle of the 21st Century, averting the “population bomb” scenario in which longer lifespans, more abundant food, and better medical treatments cause the human race to overwhelm the capacity of the Earth to sustain it.

A Swedish academic has expressed concern about Sweden’s demographic situation as the country’s birthrate hits a 20-year low, with young people far less likely to have children.

China’s weekend session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) is scheduled to consider various emergency measures to address declining birth rates and a looming demographic crisis.

The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the advisory body that meets once a year in concert with the National People’s Congress (NPC) for the policymaking “Two Sessions,” is considering proposals that might turn around China’s accelerating demographic decline. 

The newly presented figures are from 2021 and therefore do not include the more than one million Ukrainians who came to Germany looking for shelter after Russia invaded their home country a year ago.

The state-backed British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has defended a one-sided article attacking Japan for refusing to embrace mass migration.

The Chinese government’s annual “two sessions” – simultaneous meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) – are scheduled to begin on Saturday, March 4.

Asked about workers who don’t speak the language when they come to Germany, Chancellor Scholz said it should not be seen as a hurdle if people arrive in the country speaking English first and then acquire German later on.

Muhammad was the most popular baby name in the Irish city of Galway last year, the country’s government has claimed.

NICOSIA, Cyprus – A Cyprus court on Saturday ordered the detention for six days of a Syrian man suspected of illegally bringing 21 Syrian migrants to the east Mediterranean island nation aboard a boat.

President Saied has ordered officials to tackle illegal migration after alleging “a criminal plot” to “change Tunisia’s demographic make-up”.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has been criticised for stating illegal immigration is directed toward changing demographics.

As many as 20 per cent of German residents do not speak German exclusively while at home, with five per cent speaking no German at all. 

A record number of British adults are still living at home with their parents as younger generations put off marriage and raising children, the country’s official statistician revealed on Friday.

The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) says the number of asylum applications in January 2023 has more than doubled compared to last year.

The top Chinese health official in charge of population monitoring on Friday called for “bold” action to reverse China’s population decline, specifically including programs to reduce the cost of childbirth so Chinese families will begin having more babies.

The leftist President of Ireland has attacked anti-mass migration protesters in the country, accusing them of “sowing hate”.

Ukrainian refugees displaced from their war-torn homeland have said that they feel scared in England as there are “too many Muslims”.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio told his parliament on Monday that reversing Japan’s demographic death spiral is a top priority for his administration. 

A majority of British and European Union nationals want Europe to preserve its Christian culture and worry about illegal immigration, polling suggests.

France has published the number of births for 2022, reportedly the lowest since records began with the new state in 1946. 

Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, a member of the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has called for even more immigration to Canada despite 2022 seeing a record influx.