The U.S. Census Bureau released new population projections this month forecasting that the American fertility rate (the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime) will drop to 1.55 by ...

"Between 2013 and 2023, the percentage of births to moms aged 40 to 44 increased by almost 40%." This post appeared first in ...

Pope Francis praised the high birth rate of Indonesia during his first official meeting with the country’s leaders on Wednesday, calling public attention to global demographics and sustainable growth ...

In the face of rising national infertility and economic uncertainty, the institution of family is more important than ever. With 1 in 6 globally experiencing infertility, the current administration’s ...

Economic growth has the unintended side effects of making parenthood more difficult and expensive. By Amanda Taub “In science fiction, it’s always about now,” Margaret Atwood told the Guardian in 2018 ...

In recent weeks, the government released provisional data for 2024 that show the birthrate remains low in the U.S., and reports suggest that the Trump administration wants to encourage Americans to ...

"Since the establishment of the State, Israel’s population growth rate has fallen below 1.5% only twice: to 1.42% in 1981 and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...