The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.

If soaring home prices were the whole story behind America’s falling birth rate, the solution might be as simple as building ...

The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from ...

Half of Americans think we should be at least somewhat worried about the impact of falling birth rates on society, according to the 2025 19th News/SurveyMonkey Poll fielded in September. Mary Aured, a ...

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 ...

Conservatives tend to blame women for declining fertility. They’re wrong.

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — In 2024, Indiana averaged 11.6 live births per 1,000 people, according to data from the Indiana Department of Health. But the differences among counties is stark. Crude ...

The enrollment cliff has long loomed in the minds of higher education leaders anticipating that a sharp decline in the number of incoming students starting around 2025 could spell disaster for their ...

The newest March of Dimes report gives the U.S. a D+ rating on preterm birth rates. IvanJekic/E+ via Getty Images Seven years ago, at 30 weeks into a seemingly low-risk pregnancy, I unexpectedly began ...

Birth rates are falling in wealthier countries such as Singapore, Japan, and South Korea. However, in middle income Southeast ...