With few exceptions, birth rates are falling worldwide. What does this mean? Put simply, the fertility rate describes the ...

The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and new federal data shows that another drop last year brought the rate down to the lowest on record.

The United States’s fertility rate fell to a new record low in 2025, extending a nearly two-decade trend, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday.

According to new CDC data, there were 3.6 million U.S. births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024 and down 23% since 2007. The ...

High living costs and finding a partner are among factors influencing family planning decisions.

The number of births has continued to slowly decline or remain flat since 2015, according to the CDC, and the fertility and birth rates among teenagers continues to fall by much larger margins. The ...