MPs voice concern over low birth rate
Members of the parliament’s ad hoc committee on demographics on Tuesday expressed concern about the low birth rate of 1.3 per cent recorded in 2020,...
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Government set to introduce measures to encourage people to have families
The government is planning to roll out a series of actions aimed at reconciling work and family life to improve birth rates, Labour Minister Zeta...
Women’s group say low birth rate due to social and economic policies
Pogo, the Akel-affiliated women’s organisation, on Thursday castigated efforts to link Cyprus’ demographic issue with migration as a cheap attempt to divert attention from the...
House demographic committee discusses birth rate
Members of the parliament’s ad hoc committee on demographics and migration agreed on Tuesday to discuss ways of tackling the low birth rate in Cyprus....
Population rises due to immigration, but birth rate remains very low
The population in the government controlled areas at the end of 2019 had risen by 1.4 per cent to 888,000, compared with 875,900 at the...
Cyprus among countries with lowest birth rate
Cyprus is among the countries with the lowest birth rates in the world, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. The report published...
Cyprus among countries with lowest birth rates in Europe
Cyprus is ranked among the four countries with the lowest birth rate in the EU, Eurostat data published on Monday showed. According to the data,...
Cyprus records high abortion, low birth rates
Around 8,500 abortions take place in Cyprus every year, a study conducted by the Statistical Service of Cyprus revealed on Tuesday. The study also found...
Teen mums in Cyprus well below EU average
At 2.4 per cent, Cyprus has among the lowest rate of teenage mothers within the EU, Eurostat reported on Thursday. The EU average for first...
Our View: Upping birth rate not a simple matter of money
Under the headline ‘The four big wounds of the low birth rate in Cyprus’, the Akel newspaper Haravghi arrived at the rather simplistic conclusion that...
Cyprus has third lowest birth rate in the EU
Cyprus and Greece have the third and fourth lowest fertility rates in the EU with 1.32 and 1.35 births per woman, a Eurostat report published...
Yet another report highlights high level of Caesareans
Yet another report has highlighted that Cyprus carried out the most Caesarean sections in Europe, reaching 56.9 per cent of all births. The country also...
Population increased in 2017 despite falling birth rate
The Republic of Cyprus saw a population increase of 1.2 per cent in 2017, despite an increasing death rate and decreasing fertility rate, the statistical...
Thailand bets on ‘magic pills’ to boost declining birth rate
Thailand has tried cash bonuses and tax incentives to boost the country’s birth rate, but on Valentine’s Day today it adopted a new approach – handing...
Cyprus had the second lowest crude death rate in the EU in 2015
With 9,200 births and 5,900 deaths, Cyprus, after Ireland, was the EU member state where births most outnumbered deaths in 2015, a Eurostat report said....
Concerns over birth rate drop
By Annette Chrysostomou Cyprus has the third lowest fertility rate in the EU at just 1.31 births per woman, representing the biggest decrease in birth...
Cyprus birth rate continued to fall in 2014
The birth rate in Cyprus continued to fall in 2014 according to data released on Friday by the Statistical Service. According to the demographic report of 2014,...
Economic crisis directly affects low birth rate – study
By Evie Andreou POPULATION in the government controlled areas decreased by an estimated 10,000 people between 2013 and 2014, while Greek Cypriots have decreased to...
Shifting sands as population falls
By Evie Andreou and Eleni Courea THE population in the government controlled areas decreased by almost 1.0 per cent last year according to the statistical...
