The United Nations predicts that the global population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and further increase to 10.4 billion ...

Allowing the human population to gradually decrease in size, by strengthening education and advancing reproductive rights, reproductive agency,” would be a “tangible” contribution to saving the ...

The Right uses falling birth rates to pose as defenders of family and future against demographic suicide. The Left can’t keep ...

Global fertility rates have been falling for decades and are reaching historically low levels. While the human population now exceeds 8 billion and may top 10 billion by 2050, the momentum of growth ...

India’s total fertility rate has dipped to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1. But most Indians told a UN Population Fund survey that they would ...

The equivalent of almost one child in every classroom in the UK is now born as a result IVF fertility treatment, new figures suggest. Almost 21,000 babies were born from IVF in 2023, compared to 8,700 ...

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 ...

Decrease in fertility rate The report found that India’s total fertility rate has declined to 1.9 births per woman, below the replacement level of 2.1.

As the Trump administration floats potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth rate, experts tell PBS News that increasing a country’s birth rate is a heavy lift — if it’s possible at all.

Fertility rates are based on the number of births per 1,000 females ages 15-44. Archer says that San Luis Obispo County is at the mid to low 40s out of 1,000, with a slow decline since 2007.

The fertility rate was stable in 2024, but it's still near record lows The overall fertility rate has declined in the U.S. for 15-plus years, but sociologists said that’s not necessarily a bad ...

The overall fertility rate has declined in the U.S. for 15-plus years, but sociologists said that’s not necessarily a bad thing.