Since 2013, China has implemented several rounds of progressive adjustments to adapt its population policies to evolving demographic and socioeconomic conditions. In 2021, it announced support for ...

Faced with the twin demographic challenges of a low fertility rate and a graying population, China is spearheading systemic policy innovations and people-oriented practices to bolster birth rates ...

About 80% of all twin births occur in Asia and Africa, where mortality rates are also high. In Nigeria, about three in every 100 pregnancies result in twins; compared to the global average of ...

But in some places, such as Nigeria, twin birth rates are higher than the global average. The country is expected to almost double its population size by 2050. That means more twins, in absolute ...

vastly exceeding India's average twin birth rate. Local beliefs credit this to blessings and mystical waters. Genetic research continues, yet no definitive cause has been pinpointed. Kodinhi also ...