The health ministry usually releases its birth statistics in December, but the announcements of the estimates were canceled in 2020 and 2021 in light of the impact from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Between 1950 and 2021, worldwide TFR fell by more than half, from 4.8 to 2.2. Global yearly live births peaked at 142.0 ...

COVID-19 vaccination in early pregnancy (≤20 weeks of gestation) is not associated with increased prevalence of major ...