State to work with National Population and Family Development Board to nurture family values, says exco

Treatment facility to be built by 2030, will serve couples from all over country

State also recorded RM22.6 million in flood losses last year, population grew from 7.39 million in Q1 to 7.40 million in Q2

Selangor accounts for most with 17,605, Labuan the least with 274

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The pressures of rising living costs is the main reason youth delay having children, even if they want to do so sooner, said Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Noraini Ahmad.

KEPALA BATAS, June 25 — Penang recorded the lowest fertility rate in Malaysia last year, with an average of 1.3 children per couple, according to the state Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN).

SEOUL, Jan 22 — South Korea's birthrate is set to show a rise in 2024 for the first time in nine years, following a rebound in marriages that were delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The trend of married couples opting to be child-free is concerning as it impacts Malaysia’s population structure and accelerates the ageing process, said Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Noraini Ahmad.

MOSCOW, Nov 12 — Russia’s lower house of Parliament voted unanimously today to ban what authorities cast as pernicious propaganda for a child-free way of life, hoping to boost a faltering birth rate.

By Aliff Haiqal Mohamed SHAH ALAM, July 13 — Selangor recorded a total fertility rate of 1.5 children per woman in 2022, the fourth lowest after Sabah, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) research director Adzmel Mahmud said the main factors for...

TOKYO, July 12 — A large metal arm in a Japanese factory swept a cluster of fluffy white fabric rectangles off a carousel into a group to be wrapped in plastic before packaging for shipment.

TAIPEI, Sept 26 — Taiwan will raise child daycare allowances by at least NT$1,500 (RM213.56) a month starting next year to try to boost its shrinking birth rate, said Premier Chen Chien-jen.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 — The number of live births in Malaysia increased by 13 per cent to 105,961 in the second quarter of 2023, from 93,799 births in the corresponding period last year, according to the Demographic Statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

TOKYO, July 26 — Japan's population continues to shrink at a record pace, with the number of Japanese falling to 122.4 million, 801,000 fewer than a year earlier.

TOKYO, March 30 — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will lead a panel of experts to reverse the country's critical decline in birthrate, which dropped to its lowest level ever in 2022, local media said on Thursday.

ISTANBUL, Jan 17 — China, the world's most populous country, has seen negative growth in 2022, a historic drop in population in more than six decades, according to national data released on Tuesday.