As overall fertility falls globally, Latin American and Caribbean countries are experiencing fertility drops that are unexpected and have been hard to explain so far. Countries that typically had ...

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 ...

What many might perceive as a gradual shift is, in reality, a profound demographic transformation with far-reaching implications that could reshape economies, societies, and even our understanding of ...

We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.

Over the past few decades, birth rates have plummeted in the West. A recent Financial Times article reported that the decline in fertility has been much steeper among progressives than conservatives.

Editor: The US.., like most western countries, has a current birth rate of approximately 1.6 (or fewer) babies per woman that is lower than the replacement rate of 2.1 necessary to maintain our ...

The declining birth rate has been a major topic of discussion, with governments all over the world trying to find ways to reverse it. There is a constantly evolving discussion about the causes of the ...

Understanding where the highest number of newborns will occur can shed light on the changing dynamics of our world. The Demographic Shift: A Global Perspective As we look towards 2025, the statistics ...

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The enrollment cliff has long loomed in the minds of higher education leaders anticipating that a sharp decline in the number of incoming students starting around 2025 could spell disaster for their ...