In 1960 America’s total fertility rate, or the average number of children a woman could be expected to have, was 3.6. By 2022 ...

Declining birth rates around the world may pose new challenges for humanity. A new book on the topic by Elon Musk–funded ...

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 ...

Canada recorded its lowest-ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada, at 1.26 children born per woman. It now joins the ranks of "lowest-low ...

It's often assumed that low fertility rates are due to people simply not wanting to have children, or more than one or two, but a report from the United Nations Population Fund says that's not the ...

Nigeria is set to become the world’s third-most populous country by mid-century, but the fertility rate there shrank from 5.8 to 4.6 – more than a whole baby – between 2016 and 2021.

Laura Wright is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Saskatchewan. For decades, fertility has been rapidly declining in Canada and is now at an all-time low of 1.3 children per ...