Jonathan is a Policy Analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. The total fertility rate in the U.S. has been below replacement for the past half-century. Childbearing in the ...

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. The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jonathan is a Policy Analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. Since the Great Recession, the total fertility rate in the United States has fallen far below the level of ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The total fertility rate—the average number of births per woman—in Europe is already at 1.46, which is significantly below ...