UK births lowest since 1976, 40 per cent from foreign born parents
The figure remains well below the replacement level of around 2.1, the threshold at which a population sustains itself without immigration.
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Italian FM Tajani: ‘If we have more children, we need less immigrants’
"We have a problem of demographic decline and we must understand if we want to have more children".
Germany’s population declines despite mass migration
Germany's population shrank by around 100,000 people in 2025, marking the first decline since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
More deaths than births in Europe for the first time since 1918
For the first time since the end of the First World War, more people are dying than are being born in Europe.
Fertility rate of German women drops to 30-year-low
German women are having fewer children at the lowest rate since 1996.
Falling birth rates? More than just technocratic, it is a cultural question
Last week Turkey announced that it was introducing a series of incentives designed to increase the Turkish birth rate.
Birth rate continues dropping in France, lowest since end of WWI
France's fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level since 1918, with only 663,000 babies born in France in 2024. This was 21.
Deaths outnumber births in UK, population surges not through birth but through immigration
Britain’s population is booming. The UK recorded its highest percentage increase in history last year, up one per cent to 63.
Brussels babies: EU wants to help Member States tackle demographic change
The European Commission is aiming to help Member States deal with population decline via a "toolbox" of measures.
Italy’s birth crisis is shrinking school classes, minister says
Angelo Amante