The figure fell to 1.07 in 2025, one of the lowest levels in the world and well below the "replacement rate" of 2.1 needed to prevent population decline.

In the first two months of this year, 1,761 newborns were registered in Latvia, which is 0.6% (or 10 births) fewer than in the same period of 2025, according to provisional data published by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Of the newborns registered in the first two months of 2026, 875 were boys, which […]

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Fewer Alaska babies are being born and more Alaskans are dying, causing the state’s natural population increase margin to shrink substantially over the past decade, according to state demographers. Alaska is far from alone in this population change, according to the analysis, described in an article published in Alaska Economic Trends, the state Department of […]