States and nations benefit from a high fertility rate and strong families. Therefore, states and nations are weakened by low fertility rates, but they are strengthened by strong families. The United States and nations around the globe are experiencing a two-decades decline in fertility rates. In her article published at The Daily Signal, Mariam Sunny reported on the fertility rate.
The
U.S. fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade
decline, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
showed on Thursday.
The
decline also reflects global trends, as fewer women choose to have children
against a changing social backdrop. In the U.S., the general fertility rate has
fallen nearly 23% since 2007, according to the agency’s data.
Shifting
priorities among younger women, including “greater and more demanding job
market opportunities, expanded leisure options, increased intensity of parenting
… make the option to have children less desirable,” said Phillip Levine, an
economics professor at Wellesley College.
The
number of babies born in the U.S. in 2025 declined 1% from a year earlier to
roughly 3.6 million, while the general fertility rate – the number of births
per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 – also slipped 1% to 53.1, the data showed.
While
fertility rates among women in their 30s and 40s have increased over the past
decade, those gains have remained too modest to offset sustained declines among
women under 30. Last year, the fertility rate among women aged 25 to 29 fell
about 4.4%, while the rate for women aged 30 to 34 rose about 2.7% from 2024,
the data showed.
Fertility
rates among teenagers also declined sharply, with the rate for those aged 18 to
19 falling 7% and the rate for younger teens aged 15 5o 17 dropping 11%, both reaching
record lows.
The
provisional data is based on 99.95% of all birth records received and processed
last year by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the CDC, as of
Feb. 3, 2026.
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