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Low birth rate worries experts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2022
» Thailand's falling birth rate is poised to wreak havoc on the economy and society, with experts saying the trend will see the country's workforce shrink and more senior citizens adding to the burden of their relatives.
Campaign to boost birth rate
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/11/2023
» The Public Health Ministry has launched a "Give Birth, Great World" campaign in an effort to encourage couples to have babies and boost the nation's worryingly low birth rate, said Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew.
Don't ignore birth rate dip
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2024
» Thailand is in the middle of a demographic crisis of unprecedented proportions: with its birth rate ranking among the lowest in the world, the kingdom is at risk of seeing an irreversible decline that will see its population shrink by 50% in just a few decades.
Record low birth rate worries officials
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2021
» Thailand's lowest ever total fertility rate (TFR) has prompted the Public Health Ministry to come up with activities aimed at promoting dating among singles and fertility health among married couples who still don't have any children.
Thailand pushes to arrest plunging birth rate
Published on 13/02/2026
» Authorities are launching a new push to address Thailand’s collapsing birth rate, now the lowest in 75 years, with a focus on ensuring that every pregnancy is safe, voluntary and fully supported.
Billboards get Poles talking low birth rate
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» WARSAW - The billboards are hard to miss: large and plastered all over Poland, they show two blonde girls in immaculate white posing in a wheat field.
China birth rate hits lowest level since 1949
AFP, Published on 17/01/2020
» BEIJING: China's birth rate dropped last year to its lowest level since the Communist country was founded in 1949, adding to concerns that an ageing society and shrinking workforce will pile pressure on a slowing economy.
Time for action on low birth rate crisis
Oped, Somchai Jitsuchon, Published on 25/10/2023
» While changes in the criteria determining who is eligible for the old-age allowance by the outgoing Prayut Chan-o-cha government caused a stir, the issue of a low birth rate -- another important aspect of Thailand's aged society -- has not been discussed much.
Low birth rate to go on national agenda
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 16/01/2024
» The government will make the nation's declining birth rate a priority on the national agenda, according to Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew.
Health Dept sounds alarm on falling birth rate
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2024
» PHETCHABUN: Thailand will face a labour shortage over the next 60 years with elderly people outnumbering those of working age if the declining birth rate remains unchecked, according to Heath Department director-general Atchara Nithiapinyasakul.