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

The fall is astonishing. At its height, the global fertility rate hit 5.3 births per woman in 1963, but it has been in near-constant decline ever since. Sixty years on, it is now only around 2.2. In ...

The birth rate in the U.S. declined in 2025, according to a report released in April by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data showed a 1% decline in the birth rate to 53.1 births ...