The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.
But these demographic changes may have a less-than-positive effect on your Social Security retirement benefit.
Below‑replacement fertility is widespread across the country, according to the report by the Institute for Family Studies.
The United States’s fertility rate continued its two-decade-long decline during the first quarter of 2026, according to new ...
Between 210,000 to 405,000 individuals voluntarily migrated from the United States in 2025, and the country experienced a 54% decline in net international migration, from 2.7 million to 1.3 million.
If soaring home prices were the whole story behind America’s falling birth rate, the solution might be as simple as building ...
Baby boomers, higher mortgage rates, potential lower immigration and overbuilding in Sun Belt add to market risks.
Kerala’s birth rate fell below 10 per 1,000 people for the first time in 2024, marking the sharpest consecutive annual ...
The decline was highlighted in the 2025 State of World Population Report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which estimated India’s fertility rate at 1.9 births per woman.