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In the United States, the fertility rate has remained below the replacement rate of 2.1 births per woman for years, raising concerns about long-term demographic sustainability.

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.