Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing ...

An economy needs population growth and new family formation to generate economic growth. As appealing as it sounds to imagine ...

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 ...

U.S. fertility rates are now below replacement levels, according to CDC data. Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to explore this trend. - Natalia Deriabina // Shutterstock U.S. fertility rates ...

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 ...

India’s latest Sample Registration System (SRS) report shows a major shift. For the first time, rural India has reached a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 2.1, which is the replacement level. This means ...