The U.S. fertility rate — the average number of children each woman gives birth to — fell 22% between 1990 and 2023, ...

Buried in the Donald Trump administration's recent avalanche of executive orders in the United States was a starkly revealing ...

For decades, the total fertility rate in the United States has been below the replacement fertility rate—the level of fertility necessary for the current generation to replace itself.

Many Americans say they want more kids, but can't afford them because of steep childcare and household expenses.

The total fertility rate in the United States has been in decline since the start of the Great Recession. Since then, the total fertility rate has fallen far below the replacement level—the level of ...

Around 2055, a first is expected to take place: “The world population will peak and then start declining and it’s likely to ...

Yet, providing opportunities for people where they live rather than forcing them to move for work has become a major tenet of ...

Turning the tables, Bulgaria overtook France to become the country with the highest fertility rate in the EU, reaching 1.81 ...

The government attributes the reversal to a shift in perceptions surrounding family institutions among people of procreating ...

The world's second-largest population has been trending downward amid the rising cost-of-living and changing cultural attitudes among the younger population.

Spain is struggling with a fertility rate (the average number of births per woman) of 1.4, according to Macrotrends—in developed countries, an average of 2.1 live births per woman is considered the ...