#Birth Rate

China will impose a 13 percent VAT on contraceptives starting 2026 to tackle record-low birth rates. Learn about the economic impact and the reversal of the 1993 tax policy.

South Korea's childbirths rose for the 16th consecutive month in October 2025, but the growth rate is slowing. Despite a 7-year high in marriages, the total population continued to decline as deaths outpaced births, with the fertility rate at a critically low 0.81.