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 ...

In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average. By 2014, that figure had fallen to around two. As of 2023, it was just 1.6. That means that the population is no ...

Home prices may be the real birth control. A new study by Benjamin K. Couillard, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of Toronto in Canada, finds that surging housing costs are ...

Canada’s fertility rate dropped to 1.25 children per woman in 2024, the lowest ever recorded by Statistics Canada. This sharp decline places Canada well below the 2.1 replacement rate needed to ...

Fertility rates are falling across every world region, with most now below the level needed to maintain population size, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations and Organization ...

* Egg clusters in the ovary shrink with age, making it harder for women to conceive naturally * Ovarian nerves may speed up fertility decline, showing the ovary is more //than just eggs * Stiffening ...