The U.S. population size is also not declining. Currently, despite fertility below the replacement level of 2.1 children per ...

Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. As birth rates decline ...

With rare exceptions, developed nations are falling short of the replacement-level fertility (2.1 births per woman) necessary to maintain populations. The ramifications are significant. For example, ...

Pew Research Center asked Americans whether they were worried about fewer people having kids in the future.

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 ...

Discover how demographic dividend drives economic growth through changing age structures, boosting productivity, and increasing savings and human capital.

No one wants rats scurrying around their neighborhood, but they are a cunning and ever-evasive foe. Now a community near Boston is trying a different approach - rat birth control. Reporter Ari Daniel ...

Corona Regional Medical Center will stop providing labor and delivery services by Jan. 30, 2026. The hospital cited a drop in births in Riverside County.

Fewer workers typically means less production of goods and services, and this worries the leaders who met in Jackson Hole.

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