South Korea’s fertility rate rose to 0.82 in the first quarter of 2025, rebounding to the 0.8 range for the first time in two ...

Declining fertility rates in South Korea, Japan, and China are making the countries think hard about how best to maintain their militaries.

On the other hand, excessively low fertility rates can lead to population contraction and a loss of global competitiveness.

Globally, the rate is 2.25 births per woman - that is one child per woman less than three decades prior in 1990. Over half of all countries have a fertility rate less than 2.1 births per woman.

The fertility rate in the U.S. was on a constant decline between 2014 and 2020 and has fluctuated since then, CDC reports.

The collected data – that covers up to the present day – shows a fertility rate that’s falling fast. But the predicted rate ...

South Korea, which currently has the world’s lowest fertility rate, are expected to experience population decline and demographic ageing throughout the remaining decades of the 21st century ...

Birth rates in the world ... countries except Israel, according to a new study. The OECD also found that women’s mean age at childbirth was 30.9. It recommends policymakers concerned about ...

No developed countries have above replacement-level fertility. The rate in the U.S.—2.0 children—is the highest in the developed world, but replacement level is actually 2.1 because not all ...

However, according to Sciubba, 1.6 is still “somewhat on the higher end” compared to other developed countries. She says declining fertility rates are trending across the world, “regardless ...