Earth’s population is in the midst of two notable trends that will impact humanity’s future. People are living longer than ever before. At the same time, population growth is slowing and beginning to ...

States may soon get more or less transport funding depending on how high or low their birth and marriage rates are. Newsweek has broken down which stand to lose out and which stand to benefit. At the ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump, a father of five who dubbed himself the “fertilization president” during Women’s History Month, has reportedly begun to float potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 12: Medical workers and IVF patients listen during a news conference on access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on June 12, 2024 in ...

The total fertility rate in the United States – the estimated number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime, based on present trends – has generally declined over the past two ...

Global fertility rates are declining across regions, though not at the same pace everywhere. When viewed over time and by geography, the scale of this shift becomes clearer. Since 1950, every part of ...

The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows.Related video above: More moms choosing to have kids after ...

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 ...

Are the Social Security Trustees too optimistic? The 2025 Social Security Trustees Report is standard fare. It confirms what has been evident for almost three decades - namely, Social Security is ...