PHNOM PENH, Jan 26 — A big concern lurking in the background of Asean's economic prosperity, besides climate change, is the declining birth and fertility rates which could disturb its growth prospects.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — The country’s live birth rate decreased by 10.2 per cent to 100,732 in the second quarter (2Q), compared with 112,197 births in the same period last year, showed the Demographic Statistics released by the Statistics Department.