In Southern Europe, where setbacks are strongest, the decline in fertility is 0.3 percent for young people between 15 and 19 and one of 0.2 percent for those aged 20 to 24.

Chart 8 shows that this sustained drop in fertility resulted in far fewer girls up to four years of age since 2019. In fact, the current zero-to-four-year-old cohort is the smallest such cohort ...

However, from 2023 to 2024, the general fertility rate decreased by 1 percent, reaching 53.8 births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 44 years.

The U.S. fertility rate dropped to an all-time low to 1.6 children per woman in 2024, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The country’s ...