Places in Utah, Colorado and Nevada are among those that have seen the starkest drops in their under-5 shares of the ...

Earth’s population is in the midst of two notable trends that will impact humanity’s future. People are living longer than ever before. At the same time, population growth is slowing and beginning to ...

Deaths currently outnumber births in 21 states, which have reported dramatic fertility rate drops over the past 20 years, according to a new study by LendingTree, as the rising cost of starting a ...

The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to its lowest level in decades — and the number of births is far lower than deaths in many states. We looked at fertility rates (or the number of births per 1,000 ...

Jonathan is a Policy Analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. The total fertility rate in the U.S. has been below replacement for the past half-century. Childbearing in the ...

Fewer babies are being born in some parts of the world than ever before, and the reasons go far beyond the usual guesses. From sky-high living costs to shifting cultural priorities, certain countries ...

“In the past”, says Furkan Kayabasoglu, an obstetrician in Istanbul, “I would deliver a couple’s first baby and then their second or even a third.” These days, however, “one and done” parents are ...

Many politicians and pundits around the world have raised the alarm in recent years about declining fertility rates. They evoke the ominous specters of imploding populations, a “gray tsunami” of older ...