Fertility Rates

The crude birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 population (where the population is the total population: men, women and children). It is of limited ...

South Korea's fertility rate, the lowest in the world, holds lessons for ...

the fertility rate — the average number of children born to a woman in her reproductive years — is now 0.78, according to figures released by ...

Births dropped in 2023, ending pandemic baby boom - Axios

Zoom in: Birth rates fell among adult women younger than 40 and were unchanged for women in their 40s, the data shows. The birth rate among ...

Birth Rate & Fertility - Research and data from Pew Research Center

Home births rose 19% in 2020 as pandemic hit the U.S.. While the total number of U.S. births declined at the end of 2020 and beginning of ...

'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates - BBC

Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children ...

The US fertility rate is decreasing: What it means for the nation's future

After a few decades of stability, the US fertility rate is falling. Nationwide, between 2007 and 2022, fertility rates dropped by about 19%, ...

The political shockwaves of America's falling birth rates - Politico

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Births, Australia, 2023 - Australian Bureau of Statistics

Total fertility rate is the number of registered births per woman. Crude birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 estimated resident ...

The New Economics of Fertility - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Although highly educated women with more than 16 years of schooling had the lowest fertility rate in 1980, this no longer held true in 2019 (see ...

Fertility: Fewer children, older moms - Statistique Canada

In 2011, the total fertility rate was 1.61 children per woman, up slightly from the record low of 1.51 about a decade earlier.

The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession

The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession by Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine and Luke Pardue. Published in volume 36, issue 1, ...

General Health Data: Birth Statistics - TN.gov

Singleton live births: Pregnancies that produce and result in the delivery of one infant. Crude birth rate: The number of births for every 1,000 residents in ...

Global Fertility Rate Continues To Fall: How Governments Could ...

Examples of pro-natal policies include childcare subsidies, extended parental leave, broader access to infertility treatment, and other forms of ...

US births are down again, after the COVID baby bust and rebound

After a late-pandemic rebound in birth rates, the number of babies born each month remains well below pre-pandemic levels according to ...

Global Birth Rates Are Probably Lower Than You Think - AEI

Using preliminary reports from 2022 and 2023, births have continued to fall much more rapidly than anticipated in, for example ... Latin America ...

Fertility | OECD iLibrary

Total fertility rates in OECD countries have declined dramatically over the past few decades, falling from an average of 2.8 children per woman of childbearing ...

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2021, with ...

During the period from 1950 to 2021, global fertility rates more than halved, falling to just above replacement level.

Global fertility rates are dropping, experts worry about ... - YouTube

Fertility rates have been falling since the 1960s, and the trend may impact the world's population and global economies down the road.

Births in England and Wales: 2023 - Office for National Statistics

The total fertility rate is the average number of live children that a group of women would bear if they experienced the age-specific fertility ...

Europe's fertility crisis: Which countries are having fewer babies?

The global average fertility rate was 2.27, with North Africa and the Middle East reporting a higher rate of 2.63. North America's rate of 1.64 ...