After years of ominous headlines about the world's shrinking birth rates, there's a bright spot. The US birth rate increased ... have given people more control over when they have kids, if at ...

As global birth rates ... fertility rates In 2024, fertility rates in the United States varied by the race of the mother. Here's how the rates changed between 2023 and 2024: Over the past few ...

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades ... Statistics and lead author of the new report. The birth rate fell among most age groups between 2022 and 2023 ...

From the U.S. to Singapore, the global birth rate is on a decline compared to 1960 ... economic and environmental challenges. "Over the past decades, many factors have changed, affecting women ...

Women 40 and older marked a new high for birth rates, seeing a 193% surge from 1990 to 2023. In 1990, women over 40 accounted for 1.2% of births. In 2023, that percentage had increased to 4.1%.

Global birth rates are plummeting as political and economic uncertainty, as well as rising living costs, discourage families from having children. In the United States, the fertility rate has ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com Two academics have argued that the "harmful over-consumption of schooling" is responsible for the plummeting birth rate across the U ...

The US birth rate grew by 1% in 2024 ... At the same time, medical developments have given people more control over when they have kids, if at all, Oster said. Teenage births continue to decline ...