Even birth rates in Latin America and Caribbean, where families are typically large, are shrinking. U.S. is well below ...

A low birth rate has negative implications for national viability – not only does it jeopardize pension systems such as Social Security, but it’s also a drag on the economy.

What is the current birth rate? The crude birth rate for the U.S. in 2023 was 10.74 births per 1,000 people, according to the CDC. Among all 50 states, Vermont has the lowest rate at 7.82 births ...

The United States’ birth rate in 2021 rose for the first time in seven years, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. "We're still not returning to pre-pandemic levels ...

For the first time in seven years, birth rates in the United States increased – albeit by only one percent. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics revealed there were 3,659,289 babies ...

The United States experienced a baby bust as the COVID-19 pandemic shook the economy. But a new study published in the National Bureau of Economic Research from University of Michigan researchers ...

In 2023, the number of births in the U.S. was about 3.6 million, down 2% from 2022, the CDC's provisional data showed, and the general fertility rate was 54.4 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to ...

It was the first time in seven years that the US birth rate increased. Births had been dropping by an average of 2% a year since 2014, including a decline of twice that much between 2019 and 2020.

Aside from an increase in 2006 and 2007, the teen birth rate in the U.S. has been continuously declining since 1991. From 2007 through 2023, rates for younger teens (ages 15-17) and older teens ...