There’s been a lot of talk about birth rates this year. President Donald Trump dubbed himself the “fertilization president” shortly after reentering the White House and declared, “We want more babies.

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The Trump administration’s ideologues keep coming back to birth rates. The new National Security Strategy, released on Friday, declares that Europe is facing “the stark prospect of civilizational ...

Once one of the continent’s demographic high achievers, the Czech Republic has, in just a few years, experienced a dramatic fall in its fertility rate – the 5th fastest in the world. Gathering data ...

The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Birth rates among mothers in their 20s have declined, a new report from ...

The teenage birth rate in the U.S. fell by 7% in 2025, continuing decades of decline, according to a report published Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. "A 7% decline is really ...

Steiner is a research associate professor and the director of research translation at CONVERGE at University of Pittsburgh. As a public health behavioral scientist who has spent my career researching ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. People are having fewer children all over the world, affecting separate ...

New Delhi: In a country that once worried about having too many mouths to feed, a quieter and more unexpected concern is now surfacing. Indian families are choosing to have fewer children, and it is ...

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