Global population peak is coming sooner than expected thanks to fertility rates that have declined by one-child-per-woman in the past 30 years.

The total fertility rate in the United States – the estimated number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime, based on present trends – has generally declined over the past two ...

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In ...

The U.S. fertility rate has dropped to its lowest level in decades — and the number of births is far lower than deaths in many states. We looked at fertility rates (or the number of births per 1,000 ...

First, the bad news: Global fertility is falling fast. The aging populations of rich countries are relying on ever fewer workers to support their economy, dooming those younger generations to a future ...