The total fertility rate—the average number of births per woman—in Europe is already at 1.46, which is significantly below the replacement rate of 2.1, where fertility compensates for mortality and ...

New data shows a record low number of teen births, while more women over 40 are having children than ever before.

Amid growing evidence of slowing fertility rates in the United States, a new report contained a pair of surprising details ...

"Delimitation is a Damocles' sword hanging over southern India," says MK Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, one of India's ...

Pronatalist policies also seem to go against what most people want. Across cultures and religions, people overwhelmingly seek ...

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The U.S. fertility rate — the average number of children each woman gives birth to — fell 22% between 1990 and 2023, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

With U.S. fertility rates at a record low, some people and politicians think that having more babies is the answer to the population problem. Are they right? (Getty Images) ...

For several decades, researchers have known that sperm quality and fertility rates have been declining in most Western nations. According to one older 2017 study, the average sperm count in North ...

The country's fertility rate fell below 1.0 for the first time in 2023, and preliminary estimates show that it was unchanged last year, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Indranee Rajah said ...

Fertility can return within a month of removing an IUD, though it may take longer for some. Studies show pregnancy occurs within one year of IUD removal in 70% to 75% of those actively trying to ...