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New UN data shows global fertility rates are declining

New UN data shows global fertility rates are declining

Update: 2025-10-16
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Global fertility rates are declining and a quarter of people now live in a country where the population is estimated to have peaked. Rebecca Zerzan, the senior editor of the UN Population Fund's State of the World report spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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New UN data shows global fertility rates are declining

New UN data shows global fertility rates are declining