Every part of that appears to be wrong. In reality, Thailand’s reported birth rate last year was 0.98, and preliminary 2025 data show the decline continuing. In a country the size of Thailand, the ...

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, sparks debate. He says overpopulation worries are false. Musk believes declining birth ...

U.S. birth rate is below the replacement rate of 2.1 births per woman required to maintain stable population without ...

The global fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman last year, down from five in the 1960s and 3.3 in 1990, according to the ...

The global total fertility rate (TFR)—the average number of children born per woman—has plummeted from nearly five children in 1950 to just 2.23 in 2021. Projections indicate this figure could ...

In Chile, the birth rate has dropped so dramatically that it now ranks among the lowest on Earth. And while every country is different, this trend may be a glimpse into what lies ahead for nations ...

With a long-term fertility rate of 1.2, global population would drop to 1 billion in 2240 and to only 10 million people by 2500. 1 The right panel shows the same but for births-per-year.

The U.S. fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, falling by 1% from 2023, according to federal data released last week. The ...

In its fertility report, the U.N. projects the global fertility rate will continue to decline to replacement level around 2050 and below that, to 1.8 births per woman, in 2100.

Birth rates have fluctuated through 2024, the CDC reported. Other data from the study focuses on fertility rate, or the number of live births per woman at reproductive age (15 through 44).

The U.S. fertility rate has been sliding since 2007, reaching a new low in 2024, CDC data shows. A declining fertility rate ...

In the end, Colombia saw only 445,000 births in 2024. That translates to a fertility rate of 1.06 births per woman, down more than half from 2008.